Taoism Quotes - Page 2

• Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.

  Laozi

  Humble, Pride, Perfect

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• Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.

  Laozi

  Simplicity, Desire, Littles

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• Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

  Laozi

  Peaceful, Spontaneous, Nurture

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• The more you know the less you understand.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Mlm, Tao Te Ching

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• "What's that?" the Unbeliever asked.
  "Wisdom from the Western Taoist," I said.
  "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh," he said.
  "It is," I said.
  "That's not about Taoism," he said.
  "Oh, yes it is," I said.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Words Of Wisdom, Sound, Tao Of Pooh

  "The Tao of Pooh". Book by Benjamin Hoff, 1982.

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• If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.

  Laozi

  Worry, Belief, Slave

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• Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

  Laozi

  Serenity, Mind, Manipulation

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• Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.

  Laozi

  Judging, Mind, Way

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• Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Trying, World

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• Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

  Laozi

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

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• The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.

  Frederick Lenz

  Dog, Sacrifice, Men

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• The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

  Laozi

  Feelings, Able, Used

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• There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

  Laozi

  Greed, Greater, Misfortunes

  "Lao Tze's Tao Teh King: The Bible of Taoism".

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• Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape.

  Laozi

  Reform, Thieves, Use

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• Act without expectation.

  Laozi

  Expectations

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• Stillness overcomes heat.

  Laozi

  Overcoming, Heat, Stillness

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.48, Hackett Publishing

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• People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

  Laozi

  People, Too Much, Difficult

  Laozi (1939). “The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu”

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• If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

  Laozi

  Forever, Contentment, Lasts

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• Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known under the name of Taoism, the way of correspondence between man and the tendency or the course of natural world.

  Alan Watts

  Writing, Men, Names

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• The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

  Laozi

  Humility, Compassion, Views

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• Taoism is the gentle way. The path of least resistence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Way, Path, Gentle

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• Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self Esteem

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• He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Positive, Encouragement, Powerful

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

  Alan Watts

  Buddhist, Fun, Buddhism

  Alan Watts (2003). “Become what You are”, p.29, Shambhala Publications

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• The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Spirit

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