"The ego is entranced by ... names and……" — Laozi
"The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by…
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It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.
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No, I never did get lost, but I was bewildered for three days once.
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Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a…
— Sun Tzu
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When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.
— Terry Pratchett
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God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue... He is able to do what you can't. He already…
— Max Lucado
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Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality…
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I am bewildered at the length to which people will go to portray me so negatively,
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