Laozi Quotes - Page 24

• If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

  Laozi

  People, Taoism, Dying

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• Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Positivity, Intelligent

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.57, Jain Publishing Company

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• Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

  Laozi

  Time, Expression, Space

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

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• Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.

  Laozi

  Order, Action, Happens

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• The purest white seems stained.

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  White, Taoism, Seems

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• My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.

  Laozi

  Medicine, Mind, Taoism

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

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• He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

  Laozi

  Strength, Strong, Powerful

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• Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Attitude, Views

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

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• True power is stillness within motion.

  Laozi

  True Power, Stillness

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• The more laws and restrictions there are,
  The poorer people become.
  The sharper men's weapons,
  The more trouble in the land.

  Laozi

  Law, People, Liberty

  "Tao te ching".

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• I observe myself and I come to know others.

  Laozi

  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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• That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Achievement, Stills

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.45, Jain Publishing Company

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• First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.

  Laozi

  Community, Mindfulness, World

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• The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Sage, Difficult

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• The most eloquent seems to stutter.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Eloquent, Seems

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• The words of truth are always paradoxical. To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

  Laozi

  Mind, Surrender, Paradoxical

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• The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.

  Laozi

  Simple, Problem, Affair

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• The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.

  Laozi

  World, Flow, Source

  "Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu".

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• The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.

  Laozi

  Clothes, Taoism, Sage

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• Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.

  Laozi

  Thieves, Virtue

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• The farther you go, the less you know.

  Laozi

  Knows, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Tao Wisdom

  Laozi, Herrymon Maurer (1985). “Tao , the way of the ways”, Schocken

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• The way of heaven is to help and not harm.

  Laozi

  Heaven, Taoism, Way

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• All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Grateful, Humility

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• Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

  Laozi

  Moving, Rivers, Mountain

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• Peace and quiet govern the world.

  Laozi

  Taoism, World, Quiet

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