Laozi Quotes - Page 21

• Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.

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  Happiness, Taoism, Seeking Happiness

  Laozi (1919). “Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei”

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• The most straight seems curved.

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  Taoism, Seems

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• He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.

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  Doe, World, Charity

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching”

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• The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.

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  Compassion, Taoism, Sage

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• Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.

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  Struggle, Oneness, Unity

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• Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world.

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  Teacher, Appreciation, Light

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

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• It is hidden but always present.

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  "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi (Ch. 4), 4th century BC.

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• My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

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  Knowledge, Practice, Taoism

  "Tao teh king (the way of peace) of Lao-Tzu".

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• To have little is to possess.

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  Life, Littles

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• What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.

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  Humility, Rivers, Heaven

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• The sturdiest virtue seems fragile.

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  Taoism, Virtue, Fragile

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• Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?

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  People, Taoism, Fine Words

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• In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order to destroy, It is first necessary to promote. In order to grasp, It is necessary first to give. This is called subtle light. The weak and the tender overcome the hard and the strong.

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  Strong, Character, Light

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• He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.

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  Easy, Difficulty, Accounts

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• Those who are content suffer no disgrace.

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  Suffering, Taoism, Disgrace

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• Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.

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  Speak No Evil, Feel Good, Party Hard

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• Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

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  Humility, Reputation, Should

  Laozi, Lie zi, Léon Wieger, Derek Bryce, Zhuang zi (1984). “Wisdom of the Daoist Masters: The Works of Lao Zi (Lao Tzu), Lie Zi (Lieh Tzu), Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu)”

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• The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.

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  Time, Dark, Ideas

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• How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

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  Inspirational, World, Knows

  Laozi, Jingxiong Wu (1997). “Dao teh jing”

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• The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.

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  Emptiness, Pot, Usefulness

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• Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.

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  Names, Simplicity, Being Free

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• The great image lacks shape.

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  Taoism, Shapes

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• The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

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  Mother, Heaven, Tao Te Ching

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.104, Hackett Publishing

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• The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.

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  Feet, Mind, Taoism

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

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• My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

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  Teaching, Heart, Practice

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