What does this quote by Lao Tzu mean?

If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

Anxiety tends to live in the future and regret in the past. Peace is found by returning, again and again, to the present.

Ancient Chinese sage, traditionally the author of the Tao Te Ching and the source of Taoist thought.

This line is among the quotes by Lao Tzu that readers return to on calm — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.

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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

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