Laozi Quotes - Page 18

• Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.

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  Giving Up, Light, Doors

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• A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.

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  Wise, Waiting, Loser

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• To have enough of enough is always enough.

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  Taoism, Enough

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• True perfection seems imperfect,
  yet it is perfectly itself.
  True fullness seems empty,
  yet it is fully present.
  True straightness seems crooked.
  True wisdom seems foolish.
  True art seems artless.
  The Master allows things to happen.
  She shapes events as they come.
  She steps out of the way
  and lets the Tao speak for itself.

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  Art, Perfection, Way

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• When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

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  Inspirational, Patriotic, Enlightening

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.

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  Letting Go, Desire, Tao

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• For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Business

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• Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.

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  Wise, Danger, Traveler

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• . . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.

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  Truth, Past, Ideas

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• On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.

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  Loss, Hands, Gains

  Laozi (1898). “Lao-tze's Tao-teh-king: Chinese-English”

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• The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

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  Thinking, Simple, Dwelling

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• The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

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  Greatness, Doe, Sage

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. . . . If we remain obsessed with seeds and eggs, we are married to the fertile reproductive valley of the Mysterious Mother but not to her immeasurable heart and all-knowing mind.

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  Mother, Sex, Heart

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• He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.

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  Friendship, Men, Honor

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

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  Simple, Men, Way

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.91, Jain Publishing Company

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• If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

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  Letting Go, Heart, Forever

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

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• The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

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  Lying, Water, Mystery

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• Return animosity with virtue.

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  Compassion, Taoism, Return

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• Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

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  Love, Self, Taoism

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• Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier?

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  Names, Taoism, Body

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• A good runner leaves no footprints.

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  Footprint, Runners

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• With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

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  Peace, Power, Conquer The World

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• By following this simple path, you become extraordinary, unfathomable, a being of profound cosmic subtlety. You outlive time and space by realizing the subtle truth of the universe.

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  Time, Truth, Simple

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

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• Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.

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  Change, Giving, Expectations

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• The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

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  Taoism, World, Sacred

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