Tao Ching Quotes - Page 3

• Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Change, Life Changing, Acceptance

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

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Life, Summer

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• I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Patience

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• Empty your mind of all thoughts.

  Laozi

  Loss, Mind, Empty

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• Great acts are made up of small deeds.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Procrastination, Bad Day

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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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 wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

  Laozi

  Strength, Self Confidence, Knowing

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Wise, Men

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• The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center.

  Laozi

  Evil, Giving, Saint

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• The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Men, Views

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  Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

  Laozi

  Education, Tao Te Ching, Intelligence

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

  Laozi

  Relationship, Respect, Being Yourself

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• When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

  Laozi

  People, Tao Te Ching, Book Of Tao

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery

  "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi (Ch. 1), 4th century BC.

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• He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

  Laozi

  Being Strong, Perseverance, Stay Strong

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching: A New Translation”

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• Shape clay into a vessel;
  It is the space within that makes it useful.
  Cut doors and windows for a room;
  It is the holes which make it useful.
  Therefore benefit comes from what is there;
  Usefulness from what is not there.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Cutting, Space

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• When there is no desire, all things are at peace

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

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

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

  Laozi

  Evil, Giving, Tao Te Ching

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

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery

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• The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

  Laozi

  Real, Names, Darkness Within

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• If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

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• ...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Saints And Sinners

  Laozi (2016). “The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition”, p.97, Dudeism LLC

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• Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

  Laozi

  Darkness Within, Understanding, Tao Te Ching

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• The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

  Laozi

  Names, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

  Laozi, Bi Wang, Paul J. Lin (1977). “A translation of Lao Tzu's Tao te ching and Wang Pi's commentary”, Univ of Michigan Center for chinese

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