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Patience3 quotes
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCDo you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCDoing less2 quotes
Let people hold on to these:
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCThe pursuit of learning is to increase day after day.
The pursuit of Tao is to decrease day after day.
It is to decrease and further decrease until one reaches the point of taking no action.
No action is undertaken, and yet nothing is left undone. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCLetting go2 quotes
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCLet people hold on to these:
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCTao2 quotes
The pursuit of learning is to increase day after day.
The pursuit of Tao is to decrease day after day.
It is to decrease and further decrease until one reaches the point of taking no action.
No action is undertaken, and yet nothing is left undone. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCThe Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao;
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;
The Named is the mother of all things. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCAll in good time1 quote
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCAttachment1 quote
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCClarity1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCClearing one's mind1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCGenerosity1 quote
The sage does not accumulate for himself.
The more he uses for others, the more he has himself.
The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own.
The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCGrasping1 quote
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCIgnorance1 quote
He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCInaction1 quote
The pursuit of learning is to increase day after day.
The pursuit of Tao is to decrease day after day.
It is to decrease and further decrease until one reaches the point of taking no action.
No action is undertaken, and yet nothing is left undone. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCKnowledge1 quote
When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,
There arises the recognition of ugliness.
When they all know the good as good,
There arises the recognition of evil. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCNature1 quote
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCOne step at a time1 quote
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCPersistence1 quote
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCSelf-knowledge1 quote
He who knows others is wise;
He who knows himself is enlightened. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCSimplicity1 quote
Let people hold on to these:
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCStillness1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCTact and discretion1 quote
He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCTalking1 quote
He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCTeleology1 quote
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCYin and yang1 quote
When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,
There arises the recognition of ugliness.
When they all know the good as good,
There arises the recognition of evil. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC