Laozi Quotes About Letting Go
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When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.
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The world is won by those who let it go.
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In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go
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Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.
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. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.
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The way is light and fluid for the man with no preferences.
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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.
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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Why are the people starving?- Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes That's why they're starving Why are people rebellious?- Because those above them meddle in their lives That's why they're rebellious Why do people regard death so lightly?- Because they are so involved with their own living That's why they regard death so lightly In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go
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If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.
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By letting go, it all gets done.
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The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.
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Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
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I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.
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The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.
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