Laozi Quotes - Page 8

• The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, World, Courses

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.

  Laozi

  Wise, Philosophy, Eye

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• The further one goes, the less (he realizes he) one knows.

  Laozi

  Travel, Realizing, Funny Travel

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• A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

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  Inspirational, Life, Summer

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• The perfect square lacks corners.

  Laozi

  Squares, Perfect, Taoism

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• Because of a great love, one is courageous.

  Laozi

  Love, Anniversary, Taoism

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• Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

  Laozi

  Family, True Friend, Hate

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

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• Simplicity, patience, compassion.
  These three are your greatest treasures.
  Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
  Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
  Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

  Laozi

  Life, Patience, Philosophy

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• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

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  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.

  Laozi

  Knowledge, People, Taoism

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• Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Knowledge, Taoism

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• A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.

  Laozi

  Government, Politics, Helping

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• Thirty spokes meet in the hub,
  but the empty space between them
  is the essence of the wheel.
  
  Pots are formed from clay,
  but the empty space within it
  is the essence of the pot.
  
  Walls with windows and doors
  form the house,
  but the empty space within it
  is the essence of the home.

  Laozi

  Wall, Home, Essence

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• Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.

  Laozi

  Apology, Done, Body

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

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• Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.

  Laozi

  Trying, Forget, Should

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• Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Trying, Ruins

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• It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.

  Laozi

  Balance, Toes, Standing

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• Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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  Change, Happiness, Appreciation

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• The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist.
  The next best is a leader who is loved and praised.
  Next comes the one who is feared.
  The worst one is the leader that is despised ...
  The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly.
  When they have accomplished their task,
  the people say, "Amazing!
  We did it, all by ourselves!

  Laozi

  People, Leader, Tao Te Ching

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• The world is won by those who let it go.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Attachment, Let It Go

  "Tao Te Ching". Ch. 48, as translated by Raymond B. Blakney, 1955.

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• Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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• In work, do what you enjoy.

  Laozi

  Work, Enjoy

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• A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

  Laozi

  Men, Tree, Taoism

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• There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Desire, Wanting More

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• When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

  Laozi

  Animal, Intelligent, Soul

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.19, Lulu.com

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