Laos Quotes - Page 2

• Being in the presence of the "other" seems to show me who I am in a way that is really important to me. I feel radically more comfortable in Laos, say, than I do in Pennsylvania.

  Pam Houston

  Who I Am, Important, Pennsylvania

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Communist, Force

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “At War with Asia”, p.90, AK Press

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• For the Christian tradition, the heart's true home is a life rooted in the love of God. Like Lao-tzu and Dorothy both, Christian wisdom about stability points us toward the true peace that is possible when our spirits are stilled and our feet are planted in a place we know to be holy ground.

  Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

  Christian, Home, Heart

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• Vietnam, really more accurately, Laos, was almost after Berlin the top problem at the beginning of the Kennedy Administration in '61, foreign problem.

  McGeorge Bundy

  Vietnam, Berlin, Administration

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• I have to create a circle of reading for myself: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, The New Testament. This is also necessary for all people.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Reading, Circles, People

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• The United States must keep a low profile in Vietnam so we can negotiate its neutralization like we did in Laos .

  Roger Hilsman

  United States, Vietnam, Profile

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• The founders of the great world religions, Gautama Buddha, Jesus, Lao-Tzu, Mohammed, all seem to have striven for a worldwide brotherhood of man; but none of them could develop institutions which would include the enemy, the unbeliever.

  Geoffrey Gorer

  Jesus, Men, World Religions

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• He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Strong, Conquer

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• Confucius is like the Torah, rules to follow. And Lao-Tzu is even more conservative, saying that if you do nothing you won't break any rules. You have to let tradition fall sometime, you have to take action, you have to eat bacon.

  Christopher Moore

  Fall, Lao Tzu, Action

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• The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: "Those who know, do not say; Those who say, do not know." When the master entered, they asked him what the words meant. Said the master, "Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose?" All of them indicated that they knew. Then he said, "Put it into words." All of them were silent.

  Anthony de Mello

  Buddhist, Rose, Lao Tzu

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.137, Image

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• Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around me I see something very different, let us say - a number of angry dwarfs trying to grill a whale.

  William Carlos Williams

  Thinking, Whales, Numbers

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• I don't know! Nobody has ever known. Why would Jesus have remained unmarried if he had known the secret? He knew the secret of the kingdom of God, but he did not know the secret of remaining happy in marriage. He remained unmarried. Mahavira, Lao Tzu Chuang Tzu, they all remained unmarried for the simple reason that there is no secret; otherwise these people would have discovered it. They could discover the ultimate - marriage is not such a big thing, it is very shallow - they even fathomed God, but they could not fathom marriage.

  Rajneesh

  Marriage, Jesus, Simple

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• Lao-tze's Taoism is the exhibition of a way or method of living which men should cultivate as the highest and purest development of their nature.

  James Legge

  Men, Taoism, Exhibitions

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• The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Water, Taoism

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• Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into the world unless we bring order into ourselves.

  Frederick Lenz

  Order, Taoism, World

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• Lao Tsu doesn't seem to hold to much stock for words or phrases or teachings.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teaching, Taoism, Phrases

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• Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one might think it was in some way antithetical to contempory life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Thinking, Interesting, Taoism

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• Taoism is not a religion, although perhaps it has been made into one by some people. Lao Tsu's way of life occurs in any spiritual philosophy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Philosophy, People

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• During the mission, Walter Jones, a team member was given a package containing bone fragments by a Lao. The source said they were from a crash site. He presented photographs showing himself in company with others digging around obvious aircraft debris.

  Bo Gritz

  Team, Digging, Bones

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• Every person I've known has had an effect on me, as have people whom I've not met in the physical in this life, but whom I've met inwardly, teachers from other eras - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Ramakrishna and Lao Tse.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, People, Rama

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• Some of the first human beings in whom the new consciousness emerged fully became the great teachers of humanity, such as Buddha, Lao Tzu, or Jesus, although their teachings were greatly misunderstood, especially when they turned into organized religion. They were the first manifestations of the flowering of human consciousness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Teacher, Jesus, Teaching

  Source: www.qiwithoutborders.org

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• Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Secrecy, Participation

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “At War with Asia”, p.161, AK Press

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