Laozi Quotes - Page 42

• My words are easy to understand and easy to perform,
  Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.

  Laozi

  Wisdom, Men, Practice

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

  Laozi

  People, Taoism, Sage

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• Appetite for food and sex is nature.

  Laozi

  Sex, Appetite

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• The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

  Laozi

  Mother, Long, Taoism

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• In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

  Laozi

  People, Age, Next

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.17, Booklassic

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• Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

  Laozi

  Philosophy, Tao, Action

  Laozi, Robert G. Henricks (1989). “Lao-tzu: Te-tao ching : a new translation based on the recently discovered Ma-wang-tui texts”

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• The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Principles, Tao

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• The words of truth are always paradoxical.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Wise, Truth

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• The world may be known Without leaving the house.

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  House, Leaving, World

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• To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day

  Laozi

  Motivational, Spiritual, Knowledge

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• The separate parts make no carriage.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Carriages

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• The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people. She is good to people who are good. She is also good to people who aren't good. This is true goodness. She trusts people who are trustworthy. She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy. This is true trust. The Master's mind is like space. People don't understand her. They look to her and wait. She treats them like her own children.

  Laozi

  Children, Space, People

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• The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done. If powerful men and women could venter themselves in it, the whole world would be transformed by itself, in its natural rhythms. People would be content with their simple, everyday lives, in harmony, and free of desire. When there is no desire, all things are at peace.

  Laozi

  Powerful, Simple, Men

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• The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts. When you have names and forms, know that they are provisional. When you have institutions, know where their functions should end. Knowing when to stop, you can avoid any danger. All things end in the Tao as rivers flow into the sea.

  Laozi

  Powerful, Heart, Men

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• The real is empty and the empty real

  Laozi

  Real, Empty

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• The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout.

  Laozi

  Tree, Arms, Grew

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.64, Booklassic

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• I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.

  Laozi

  Mother, Taoism, Different

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• Searching for precious goods leads astray.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Goods

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• A good counter needs no calculator.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Needs, Calculators

  Laozi, Bi Wang, Paul J. Lin (1977). “A translation of Lao Tzu's Tao te ching and Wang Pi's commentary”, Univ of Michigan Center for chinese

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• The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.

  Laozi

  Practice, Feet, Taoism

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

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• Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.

  Laozi

  Law, Giving, Heaven

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.45, Booklassic

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• Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.

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  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

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• The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.

  Laozi

  Wisdom, People, Water

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• The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

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  Inspirational, Giving, Doe

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• The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect can be won with good deeds; but the Tao is beyond all value, and no one can achieve it. Thus, when a new leader is chosen, don't offer to help him with your wealth or your expertise. Offer instead to teach him about the Tao. Why did the ancient Masters esteem the Tao? Because, being one with the Tao, when you seek, you find; and when you make a mistake, you are forgiven. That is why everybody loves it.

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  Mistake, Men, Leader

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