Laozi Quotes - Page 33

• Can you be still and look inside?If so, then you know the truth is always available, and always responsive.

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  Looks, Spirituality, Truth Is

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• True words seem false.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, True Words

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• Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape.

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  Taoism, Reform, Thieves

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• When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

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  Taken, Humility, Merit

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• What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out

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  Inspirational, Rooted

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.77, Chinese University Press

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• Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

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  Inspirational, Lakes, Sea

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• Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

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  Offering, Heaven, Taoism

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• When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power, but it is not used to harm people.

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  People, Taoism, World

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• Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

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  Strength, Conquer, Force

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.33, Shambhala Publications

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• When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.

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  Taoism, Abandoned, Arise

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• Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.

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  Thinking, Taoism, World

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• Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

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  Tasks, Rewards, Claims

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• Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility.

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  Cutting, Doors, Clay

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• Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily, I will make it the root of my teaching.

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  Teaching, Humility, Roots

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• Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

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  Virtue, Reason, Aspect

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• The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

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  Life, Acting, Use

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• The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

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  Compassion, Taoism, Purpose

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• Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles itself before a great kingdom, it shall win over that great kingdom. Thus the one humbles itself in order to attain, the other attains because it is humble. If the great kingdom has no further desire than to bring men together and to nourish them, the small kingdom will have no further desire than to enter the service of the other. But in order that both may have their desire, the great one must learn humility.

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  Humble, Humility, Winning

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• When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way, the Great System is United.

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  Broken, Simplicity, Leader

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• He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.

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  Heaven, Protect, Secure

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching: A New Translation”

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• A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

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  Journey, Men, Feet

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• Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

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  Block, Dust, Giving

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• The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day.

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  Men, Gains, Tao

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• If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

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  Forever, Taoism, Contentment

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• He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will never desert him. He returns to the state of a little child.

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  Strong, Children, Humility

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