Laozi Quotes - Page 45

• Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

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  Beautiful, Wisdom, Fun

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• Holding on to the weak is called strength.

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  Taoism, Holding On, Weak

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• The truth often sounds paradoxical.

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  Truth, Sound, Paradoxical

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries.

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  Spiritual, Mystery, Gateways

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• Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.

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  Essence, Profound, Taoism

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• The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.

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  Done, Masters, Owners

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• A violent wind does not last for a whole morning.

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  Morning, Wind, Doe

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.23, Booklassic

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• When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way.

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  Laughing, Would Be, Way

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.61, Chinese University Press

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• The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.

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  Sage, Strive, Strife

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• The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.

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  Taoism, Way, Lasts

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• Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.

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  Taoism, Wheels, Thirty

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• A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.

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  Eight, Feet, Taoism

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• Thorn bushes grow where armies have camped.

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  Army, Taoism, Grows

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• A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.

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  Men, Weak, Born

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• He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

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  Powerful, Learning, Intelligent

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

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  People, Taoism, Balance

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• All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

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  Tree, Taoism, Dry

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• To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.

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  Loss, Joy, Human Life

  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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• Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.

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  Heaven, Taoism, Way

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• Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where a wheel isn't is where it's useful. Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pots not is where it's useful. Cut doors and windows to make a room. Where the room isn't, there's room for you. So the profit in what is, is in the use of what isn't.

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  Life, Cutting, Doors

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• Those who stand on their toes are not steady.

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  Taoism, Toes, Steady

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• He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

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  Inspirational, Taoism, Dozing

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

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• The longer you travel, the less you know.

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  Taoism, Knows

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• The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.

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  Taoism, Way, Eternal

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• Returning is the movement of the Way.

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  Taoism, Movement, Way

  Lao Tzu, Laozi, William Scott Wilson (2012). “Tao Te Ching: An All-new Translation”, p.114, Shambhala Publications

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