Laozi Quotes - Page 53

• Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?

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  Heaven, Taoism, Gates Of Heaven

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• Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?

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  Baby, Taoism, Newborn

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• Let people take death seriously, and not travel far.

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  People, Taoism

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• The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

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  Deep Water, Taoism, States

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• The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

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  People, Too Much, Poverty

  Laozi (1999). “Laozi”

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• There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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  Believe, Ideas, People

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• Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful, But its power will not be used to harm others.

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  Powerful, Evil, Tao

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

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  Education, Wise, Smart

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• Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

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  Strength, Army, Winning

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.

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  Strength, Knowledge, Understanding

  Laozi (1990). “Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way”, Bantam

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