Someone who is too insistent in his own views finds few to agree with him.

Lao Tzu

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السيطرة على التنفس تجلب التوتر
وعندما تبالغ في بذل المجهود يكون الارهاق
اغلق فمك
واضبط حواسك
تحكم في حدتك
بسط مشاكلك
كن واحدا مع تراب الأرض
هذه هي الوحدة الأولى
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من يحقق هذه الحالة
لا يهمه الأصدقاء ولا الأعداء
ولا يهتم بالطيب ولا بالخبيث
ولا بالمجد أو المهانة
تلك أعلى حالات الانسان

Lao Tzu

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منتبهون كأنهم يعبرون جدولاً مليئاً بالثلج في الشتاء
حريصون كأنهم رجال يحدق بهم الخطر
مهذبون كأنهم ضيوف في زيارة
يذعنون كأنهم ثلج على وشك الذوبان
بسطاء كأنهم كتلة من الخشب الخام
مجدفون كأنهم كهوف
معتمون كأنهم مستنقع طين

Lao Tzu

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against war
Weapons are unhappy tools,
not chosen by thoughtful people,
to be used only when there is no choice,
and with a calm, still mind,
without enjoyment.
To enjoy using weapons
is to enjoy killing people,
and to enjoy killing people
is to lose your share in the common good. ...

Lao Tzu

Tags: taoteching

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A great nation is like a great man...He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.

Lao Tzu

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Heaven's net is wide, but its mesh is fine

Lao Tzu

Tags: inspirational heaven

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May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows?

Lao Tzu

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that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other;

Lao Tzu

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that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.

Lao Tzu

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that of the mind is in abysmal stillness;

Lao Tzu

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