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Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

Laozi
Nature, Watches, Way

Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.

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Nature, Fall, Animal
Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

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Inspirational, Nature, Follow Your Heart

Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

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Nature, Crazy, Idols

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

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Nature, Educational, Intelligence

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

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Nature, Lessons, Patient
Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.32, Jain Publishing Company

The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).

Laozi
Nature, Expectations, Four

Nature doesn't make long speeches.

Laozi
Nature, Long, Speech

Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

Laozi
Nature, Remember, Restless
Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

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Nature, Moving, Enlightenment
Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

Nature is not human hearted.

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Nature, Enlightening, Hearted

All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.

Laozi
Nature, Law, Return

Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

Laozi
Nature, Men, Animal

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