Laozi Quotes

• Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.

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  Peace, War, Fool

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• Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

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  Intelligent, People, Taoism

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• One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

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  Believe, Needs, Convince

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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  If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

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  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self

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

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• Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

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  Inspirational, Relationship, Wise

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• New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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  Cancer, New Beginnings, Hard Times

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

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  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.

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  Realizing

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• You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

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  Giving, Determine, Withholding

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• Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

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  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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• For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.

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  Add

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• I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Patience

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• Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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  Wise, Clever, Knowledge

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• Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

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  Peace, Heart, Mind

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

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  Nature, Watches, Way

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• Peace is our natural state of being.

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  Natural, States

  Laozi (2005). “Tao te ching: a new translation & commentary”

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• If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

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  Wisdom, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

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• He who controls the past controls the future.

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  Future, Past, Political Language

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  Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

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  Education, Tao Te Ching, Intelligence

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, True Words

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• If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.

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  Hard Times, Giving, Want

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• Before healing others, heal yourself

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  Healing, Health, Heal

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• If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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

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• Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.

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  Kindness, Kind Thoughts, Kind Deeds

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