"Although he travels all day, the sage..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.
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“Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.”
“Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.”
“Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.”
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“Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.”
“Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!”
“When you are everywhere, you are nowhere. When you are somewhere, you are everywhere.”
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“Life is a great and wondrous mystery, and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don't miss it.”
“Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast enough supply fuel for discourse, if speaking be more grateful than silence. When people come to see us, we foolishly prattle, lest we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.”
“In the gardenI see only your faceFrom trees and blossomsI inhale only your fragrance.”