Tao Ching Quotes - Page 2

• The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

  Laozi

  Mother, Heaven, Tao Te Ching

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.104, Hackett Publishing

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• The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Flames

  "Tao Te Ching". 4th century BC.

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• When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Done

  Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

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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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• Observe how endings become beginnings.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Tao Wisdom, Tao

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground.
  In thinking, keep to the simple.
  In conflict, be fair and generous.
  In governing, don't try to control.
  In work, do what you enjoy.
  In family life, be completely present.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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• The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Desire, Tao

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• Stop thinking, and end your problems.

  Laozi

  Thinking, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

  Laozi

  Not Caring, People, Tao Te Ching

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• Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.

  Laozi

  Light, Darkness Within, Imagination

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• If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Learning, Tao Te Ching

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• Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

  Laozi

  Block, Dust, Giving

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

  Laozi

  Trust, Taoism, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.

  Laozi

  Beauty, Beautiful, Difficult And Easy

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• ...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.

  Laozi

  Beautiful, Sight, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Yielding is the way of the Tao.

  Laozi

  Acceptance, Taoism, Way

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• In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.

  Laozi

  Heart, Land, Dwelling

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

  Laozi

  Strength, Breathing, Balance

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

  Mao Zedong

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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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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• To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Tao Wisdom

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• He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Book, Communication

  Tao-te Ching ch. 56 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

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• Yielding, like ice about to melt.

  Laozi

  Ice, Taoism, Tao Te Ching Leadership

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

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