Laozi Quotes - Page 17

• He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

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  Nature, Lessons, Patient

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.32, Jain Publishing Company

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• What is well planted will not be uprooted.

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  Taoism, Wells

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• There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical bodily existence is required. Those who fail to live consistently in accord with the Tao reside here. In the upper, Yu Ching, there is only Tao: the bondage of form is broken, and the only thing existing is the exquisite energy dance of the immortal divine beings.

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  Broken, Energy, Three

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

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• ...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.

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  Beautiful, Sight, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved. If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it. There is a time for being ahead, a time for being behind; a time for being in motion, a time for being at rest; a time for being vigorous, a time for being exhausted; a time for being safe, a time for being in danger. The Master sees things as they are, without trying to control them. She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle.

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  Thinking, Circles, Trying

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• The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious. Bound, rigid, and trapped, you cannot experience liberation.

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  Inspirational, Life, Passion

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• The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it.

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  Oneness, Giving, Understanding

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• Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

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  War, Taoism, Violence

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• There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.

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  War, Calamity, Engaging

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.94, Lulu.com

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• Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.

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  Strength, Truth, Heart

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• When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, Arise

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• He who knows himself is enlightened.

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  Inspirational, Hypocrisy, Taoism

  Laozi (2002). “Tao Te Ching: The Way of Virtue”, p.45, Square One Publishers, Inc.

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• No disaster is worse than being discontented.

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  Taoism, Tao, Disaster

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• Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.

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  Pride, Taoism, Titles

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• Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn't there, but you'll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

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  Leadership, Country, Evil

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• The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

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  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Bullying

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• A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost

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  Business, Men, Sound

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• Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

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  Inspirational, Strength, Courage

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• Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.

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  Life, Thinking, Light

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

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• Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and names, before heaven and earth, before the ten thousand things. It is the unlimited father and mother of all limited things. Therefore, to see beyond boundaries to the subtle heart of things, dispense with names, with concepts, with expectations and ambitions and differences. Tao and its many manifestations arise from the same source: subtle wonder within mysterious darkness. This is the beginning of all understanding.

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  Mother, Father, Heart

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• Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

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  Taoism, Filling, Ominous

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• One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Peace

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• Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small.

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  Simplicity, Enmity, Littles

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• I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.

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  People, Good Enough, Goodness

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• Seeing the small is called clarity.

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  Taoism, Clarity, Seeing

  Laozi (2015). “Daodejing: The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching”, p.123, Open Court

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