"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.












The heart that gives, gathers.
More Laozi quotes
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"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
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"When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.
"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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"If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.
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