Tao Te Ching Quotes - Page 3

• If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Tao Ching, Happens

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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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• If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Jobs, Work

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

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

  Laozi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Close your mouth,
  block off your senses,
  blunt your sharpness,
  untie your knots,
  soften your glare,
  settle your dust.
  This is the primal identity.

  Laozi

  Block, Dust, Taoism

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

  Alton Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Life, Music

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• The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao.

  Laozi

  Tao, Tao Ching

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• If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

  Laozi

  Giving, Taoism, Want

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• A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is. Thus the Master is available to all people and doesn't reject anyone. He is ready to use all situations and doesn't waste anything. This is called embodying the light. What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret.

  Laozi

  Teacher, Jobs, Men

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• A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

  Witter Bynner

  Leadership, People, Boss

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• To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

  Laozi

  Desire, Tao Ching, Tao Wisdom

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• Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Knives, Simplicity

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• Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.

  Laozi

  Space, Book Of Tao, Tao

  "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi (Ch. 21), 4th century BC.

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• What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.

  Laozi

  Teacher, Jobs, Intelligent

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• All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

  Laozi

  Humility, Sea, Giving

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• Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

  Laozi

  Thinking, Self, Taoism

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

  Laozi

  Not Caring, People, Care

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• Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Selfish, Simple

  Tao-te Ching ch. 19 (translation byWing-Tsit Chan)

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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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• According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

  John F. Kennedy

  Travel, New Beginnings, Journey

  Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

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• If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

  Laozi

  Doe, Tiptoes, Aspiration

  Laozi (1997). “Tao Te Ching”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions

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