Laozi Quotes - Page 46

• Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

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  Compassion, Sea, Taoism

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• He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

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  Trust, Taoism, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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  People, Taoism, Too Much

  Laozi (1939). “The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu”

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• Yielding, like ice about to melt.

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  Ice, Taoism, Tao Ching

  Laozi, Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (1993). “Dao de Jing”, p.15, Hackett Publishing

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• Great indeed is the sublimity of the creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

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  Creativity, Creative, Heaven

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• Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.

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  Strong, Inspiration, Practice

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• The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

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  Leadership, Wise, Motivation

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• The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

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  Evil, Distortion, Method

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.82, Lulu.com

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• Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.

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  Water, Doe, Benefits

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• Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.

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  Government, People, Next

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• Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.

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  Taste, Action, Undertakings

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

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• Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.

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  Giving Up, Teaching, Trouble

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

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  Nature, Men, Animal

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• A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

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  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet.

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  Inspirational, Journey, Feet

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• Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

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  Confused, Yield, Confusion

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

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  Government, States, Fishes

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.28, Chinese University Press

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• Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?

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  Soul, Unity, Body

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.

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  May, Abundance, Virtue

  Laozi (1939). “The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu”

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• The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.

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  Taoism, Female, Valleys

  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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• A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.

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  Country, Rivers, Taoism

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• He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.

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  Taoism, World, Treasure

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• In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.

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  Kings, Taoism, World

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• In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

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  Roots, Taoism, Haste

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• A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

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  Country, Yield, People

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