Laozi Quotes - Page 47

• There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master carpenter. Of those who try to carve wood like a master carpenter, there are few who do not injure their hands.

  Laozi

  Hands, Taoism, Trying

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• When equal armies battle, the grieving one will be victorious.

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  Army, Grieving, Taoism

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• If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

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  Trust, People, Untrustworthy

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• The very highest is barely known.
  Then comes that which people know and love,
  Then that which is feared,
  Then that which is despised.
  Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

  Laozi

  Wisdom, People, And Love

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Cooking, Kingdoms

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• Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.

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  Exercise, Winning, Space

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• I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.

  Laozi

  People, Tao, Virtue

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• In caring for others and serving heaven,
  There is nothing like using restraint.

  Laozi

  Caring, Heaven, Tao

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

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  Knowing, Way, Tao

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

  Laozi

  Practice, Way, Action

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• Requite injury with kindness.

  Laozi

  Kindness, Injury

  Laozi, Jingxiong Wu (2003). “Tao Teh Ching”, Shambhala Publications

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• Use the light to return to clarity.

  Laozi

  Light, Taoism, Use

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• The unyielding army will not win.

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  Army, Winning, Taoism

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• When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.

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  Enemy, Taoism, Bitterness

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• Conclusions are ignorance arrested on the path to less ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Path, Conclusion

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• Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea.

  Laozi

  Home, Sea, Rivers

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

  Laozi

  People, Taoism, Weak

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• Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

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  Leader, Taoism, Force

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• In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.

  Laozi

  Learning, Taoism, Pursuit

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.

  Laozi

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• If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and crafty. When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results. Try to make people happy, and you lay the groundwork for misery. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice. Thus the Master is content to serve as an example and not to impose her will. She is pointed, but doesn't pierce. Straightforward, but supple. Radiant, but easy on the eyes.

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  Country, Eye, People

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• Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

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  Self, Taoism, Righteous

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• Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

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  Life, Gentle, Disciple

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.

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  Powerful, Water, Clear

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• It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.

  Laozi

  Teacher, Discovery, Enlightenment

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