Laozi Quotes - Page 15

• The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies; Remembering this, he keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way. He studies the teachings of the masters. He dissolves all concepts of duality. He pours himself out in service to others.

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  Maturity, Mature Person, Service To Others

  "Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu".

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• Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.

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  Time, Law, Listening

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• Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.

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  Spiritual, Oneness, Detours

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

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• A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!

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  Morning, Rain, Persistence

  "Tao Te Ching". Chapter 3 as translated by Lionel Giles,

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• Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get full eating this way.

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  Truth, Doubt, Way

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

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• Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

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  Inspirational, Beautiful, Encouraging

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• To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

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  Ignorance, Knows

  Laozi, Sepharial (1904). “The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze: A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-teh-king”

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• When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

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  War, Army, Sorrow

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• When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether it is the student offering himself to the teacher, or the teacher offering herself to the student. One sees only two immaculate beings, reflecting one another like a pair of brilliant mirrors.

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  Teacher, Two, Mirrors

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• As for the "proper way:" it is the beginning of disorder.

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  Order, Way, Disorder

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• All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.

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  Men, Taoism, Desire

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• Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

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  Practice, Oneness, Feelings

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

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• Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

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  Taoism, Wealth, Theft

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• That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.

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  Overcoming, Facts, Known

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• Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.

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  Mean, Taoism, Prevention

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• All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find the mother, you will be free of sorrow. If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace. Seeing into darkness is clarity. Knowing how to yield is strength. Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.

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  Mother, Children, Heart

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• A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

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  Men, Foolish Man, Done

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.

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  Teacher, Mistake, Men

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• Knowing constancy, the mind is open.
  With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
  Being openhearted you will act royally.
  Being royal, you will attain the divine.
  Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.
  Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
  Though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.

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  Heart, Knowing, Mind

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

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  Law, People, Taoism

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• Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Breathtaking

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• To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

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  Let It Go, Bears, Claims

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• By moderation one can be generous.

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  Taoism, Moderation, Generous

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• Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

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  Sister, Faith, Brother

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

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• Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.

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  Confused, Confusion, Confusing

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

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