Laozi Quotes - Page 34

• Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.

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  Water, Clear, Muddy

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• Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it.

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  Moving, Space, Heaven

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• A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is. Thus the Master is available to all people and doesn't reject anyone. He is ready to use all situations and doesn't waste anything. This is called embodying the light. What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret.

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  Teacher, Jobs, Men

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• The grandest virtue seems deficient.

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  Taoism, Virtue, Seems

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• The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.

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  Letting Go, Jobs, Forever

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• Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.

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  Fear, Winning, Favors

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching”

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• Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion.

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  Men, Intelligent, Doors

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• When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. Therefore the Master steps back so that people won't be confused. He teaches without a teaching, so that people will have nothing to learn.

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  Confused, Teaching, People

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• Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.

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  Taoism, Excess, World

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• Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.

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  Animal, Covenant, Gentle

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• Life and death are one thread.

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  Life And Death, Thread, Different Sides

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• Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.

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  People, Heaven, Taoism

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• The Tao is told is not the Tao.

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  Taoism, Tao

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• Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored.

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  Honor, Taoism, Sage

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• If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

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  Giving, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

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• In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!

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  Moving, Knowledge, People

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• The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.

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  Taoism, Way, Action

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• Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

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  Care, Easy, Bigs

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

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• He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

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  Wisdom, Spoil, Slips

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• The most able seems clumsy.

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  Taoism, Able, Seems

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• What should be shrunken must first be stretched.

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  Taoism, Firsts, Should

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• The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny.

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  Inspirational, Destiny, Roots

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• People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

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  People, Taoism, Too Much

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• The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.

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  Taoism, Sage, World

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• Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.

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  Humility, Safety, Political

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