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Top 10 Most Inspiring Quotes of Lao Tzu

His name, which is also often called Laozi, literally means “Old Master” and is generally considered an honorific. He lived in the 6th century BC, at the same time as Confucius, who was born a generation after Lao Tzu. He once sought out Lao Tzu who told him “Strip yourself of your proud airs and numerous desires, your complacent demeanor and excessive ambitions. They won’t do you any good. This is all I have to say you.” Lao Tzu is the father of the Chinese spiritual tradition Taoism, mainly because of his text called Tao te Ching (Tao: the way of all life, te: the fit use of life by men, ching: text or classic). It is based on the Tao (The Way), which is the creator and sustainer of all things in the Universe, and the practice of doing by nondoing (wu-wei) that enables the disciple to unite with the Tao. Lao Tzu wrote his only book Tao Te Ching just before he walked away from the Chou empire he served. 1. 2.

Confucius says: The Top 10 Quotes by Confucius. Confucius is one of the most quoted personalities ever.

Confucius says: The Top 10 Quotes by Confucius

He is so popular that there is a special “Confucius says …” joke-selection, I mean who can say to have this kind of achievement ;) Confucius, whose name literally means “Master Kong”, lived 551-479 BCE. He was a Chinese thinker and philosopher, whose teachings have deeply influenced not only Asian thought and life. He presented himself as a “transmitter who invented nothing” and he really pointed out the importance of learning, which is one reason he is seen by Chinese people as “The Greatest Master”. One of the best known sources of Confucius are The Analects, a collection of his teachings, which was compiled many years after his death. Many of them are universal and timeless in their beautiful and simple truth and they are as valid today as on the day they left Confucius’ mouth.

Confucius says … 1. It’s the “Golden Rule” and the essence of real compassion. Moral Stories - StumbleUpon. Life Lessons from Forrest Gump found on 12most.com. Someone was just recently chatting with me about my Please Stop Following me on Twitter blog post.

Life Lessons from Forrest Gump found on 12most.com

In that post I include a picture of Forrest Gump glancing over his shoulder at all of the people who are running behind him. There are so many classic life lesson quotes in that one movie I decided to share my favorites. Enjoy and please add yours! 1. Know what love is. Forrest Gump: Why don’t you love me, Jenny? Define love, seek love, make love, be loving, be beloved, start with love, end with love, do it with love, stay true to your love. 2. Mrs. Being your best is very complicated. 3. Forrest Gump: And cause I was a gazillionaire, and I liked doin it so much, I cut that grass for free. 101 Positive Affirmations That Kick Your Inner Critic’s Ass. 100 Most Inspirational Quotes Of All Time. Various quotations.

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Amazing high quality artworks in various categories from great designers all over the globe. Quote by George Bernard Being happy… Sometimes I pretend to be normal… SadAndUseless.com. Inspiration Gallery #173 – Various quotations. The 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes Of All Time. If you like the following post, you can get an expanded version with 50 quotes as an ebook by signing up for my newsletter in the box on the right.

The 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes Of All Time

Not only that, but you’ll get the heads up on forthcoming free books and Life Coaching specials as as well as my ebook that takes an in-depth look at goal setting. The 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes Of All Time I was playing about on Twitter the other day when I noticed an exchange about Life Coaching between two people I vaguely know. One person had made a comment (and I paraphrase) “Life Coaches are psychotherapists that can’t be bothered to finish their training” As you can imagine I had to have my say and I was told by the person in question that they managed to learn all they needed to learn about self development from reading blogs and furthermore nobody needed to hire a Life Coach.

This exchange had me thinking for the millionth time, “There is no how it is, only how it is for you” 1. 2. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Lovely Quotes / Bob Marley has the best quotes ever! - StumbleUpon.