Laozi Quotes - Page 20

• The Way to do is to be.

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  Meditation, Taoism, Way

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• If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.

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  Taoism, Way, Ifs

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• The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.

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  Kings, Lying, Sea

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• When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.

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  Life, Two, Feet

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• When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.

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  Goal, Heaven, Taoism

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• Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.

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  Lying, Space, Clay

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• Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.

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  Simplicity, Taoism, Desire

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• He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

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  Humility, Littles, Succeed

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• Going on means going far, going far means returning.

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  Travel, Mean

  Laozi, Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (1993). “Dao de Jing”, p.25, Hackett Publishing

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• Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.

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  Long, Appreciate, Giving

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• Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

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  Taoism, Decay, Way

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• A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.

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  Character, Men, People

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• The natural laws of the universe are inviolable... what you say and do determines what happens in your life... You are the master of your life and death. What you do is what you are.

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  Karma, Law, Life And Death

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• . . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.

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  Learning, Important, Today

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

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• Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.

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  Turns, Universe

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• Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.

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  Taoism, Majestic, Righteousness

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• The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

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  Inspirational, People, Too Much

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.109, Chinese University Press

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• The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

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  People, Trying, Vices

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• The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.

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  Art, Real, Political

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• From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.

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  World, Born, Turns

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• Words have divided man from woman,
  one from another, this from that,
  until only sages know how to put things together.
  Without words, without even understanding,
  lovers find each other.
  The moment of finding is always a surprise,
  like meeting an old friend never before known.

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  Men, Understanding, Old Friends

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• He who holds balance...has attained the highest post in the world.

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  Balance, World, Posts

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• Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.

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  Thinking, Perfect, Taoism

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• Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.

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  Long, Taoism, Pace

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• In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle - this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly.

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  Strong, Kindness, Giving

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