"One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others."
Knowing Internal Peace
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Lao Tzu
Sublimity is Supreme
"Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions."
Nothing Can Resist the Water
"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."
Nature Does Not Hurry
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Music
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."
Embrace Simplicity
"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."
Enemies
"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."
Strongest Passion Called Love
"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."
Natural and Spontaneous Changes
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
Life and Death
"Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides."