Laozi Quotes - Page 35

• Heavy is the root of light.

  Laozi

  Light, Roots, Taoism

  Laozi (2009). “Lao-tzu's Taoteching: With Selected Commentaries from the Past 2,000 Years”

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• If people do not revere the Law of Nature It will adversely affect them. If they accept It with knowledge and reverence, It will accommodate them with balance and harmony.

  Laozi

  Law, Balance And Harmony, People

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• The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Moving, Desire

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• Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.

  Laozi

  Yoga, Heaven, May

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. I wish you Happy New Year and diary full of best stories ever written in your life.

  Laozi

  New Year, Happy Life, Years

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• Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

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  Taoism, Way, Praise

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• Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away. Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation. Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine. Let it be present in your family and your family will flourish. Let it be present in your country and your country will be an example to all countries in the world. Let it be present in the universe and the universe will sing. How do I know this is true? By looking inside myself.

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  Country, Names, Honor

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• Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful.

  Laozi

  Clay, Vases, Emptiness

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• The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

  Laozi

  Running, Ego, Groups

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• Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.

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  Lying, Generous Spirit, Giving

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• Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?

  Laozi

  Country, People, Taoism

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• Who can rest until the moment of action?

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  Taoism, Action, Moments

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• The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

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  Leadership, Business, Groups

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• Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.

  Laozi

  Spring, Names, Darkness Within

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.106, Hackett Publishing

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• The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

  Laozi

  Helping Others, Giving, Heaven

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• Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.

  Laozi

  People, Plans, Knows

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• Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.

  Laozi

  White, Black, Example

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Without going outside, you may know the whole world!

  Laozi

  Chinese, World, May

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light.

  Laozi

  Perseverance, Humility, Light

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

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• No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.

  Laozi

  Risk, Enemy, Taoism

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• Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

  Laozi

  Busy, Mass, Approach

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• One's own self or material goods, which has more worth?
  Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil?
  He who loves most, spends most,
  He who hoards much loses much

  Laozi

  Uplifting, Loss, Self

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• The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.

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  Mean, Perception, Identity

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• The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

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  Feelings, Taoism, Able

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• Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

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  Gold, Jade, Tao

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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