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Close your mouth,
block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is the primal identity.


Lao Tzu

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NOTE: Other translation...
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LAO TZU From caring comes courage.
LAO TZU Because of a great love, one is courageous.
LAO TZU If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
LAO TZU When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
LAO TZU Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorro...
LAO TZU The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his...
LAO TZU The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
LAO TZU Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
LAO TZU When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect ...
LAO TZU Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lack...
LAO TZU Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see...
LAO TZU Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest ...
LAO TZU Silence is a source of great strength.
LAO TZU Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
LAO TZU Stop thinking, and end your problems.
LAO TZU Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
LAO TZU Love is a decision - not an emotion!
LAO TZU Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
LAO TZU He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
LAO TZU Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus go...
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