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Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC)
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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 (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
The best [man] is like water. Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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To be worn out is to be renewed.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
He who knows others is wise; He who know himself is enlightened.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
When the highest type of men hear Tao, They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it. Without the laugh, there is no Tao.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu

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