Taoism Quotes - Page 26

• Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways.

  Zicheng Hong

  Running, Feet, Mind

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• I don't try to define the cosmos, I know it's unknowable, but I can understand my place in the world and my place in the universe through a mixture of Taoism, Catholicism, Zen or whatever I have at hand.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Hands, Trying, Cosmos

  Source: hollywoodchicago.com

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• Those who trust others will find that not everyone is necessarily sincere, but they will be sincere themselves. Those who suspect others will find that not everyone is necessarily deceiving them, but they have already become deceivers themselves.

  Zicheng Hong

  Deceiving, Sincere, Trust Others

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• We know we should be completely humble. We should stop thinking that we're very marvelous because we're not. We are interesting at best because we are a part of life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humble, Thinking, Interesting

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• Use the light to return to clarity.

  Laozi

  Light, Use, Return

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

  Frederick Lenz

  Teaching, Laos, Phrases

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• In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.

  Frederick Lenz

  Wise, Leader, East

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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, Laos

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• Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source, beyond understanding, and all of us are a reflection, if not that source of life ourselves.

  Frederick Lenz

  Reflection, Understanding, Laos

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• Polish what you polish until it is like gold that has been refined a hundred times; anything that is done in a hurry is not deeply developed. Do what you do like a thousand-pound catapult; one who pops off too easily does not accomplish much.

  Zicheng Hong

  Gold, Doe, Done

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• When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.

  Laozi

  War, People, Funeral

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• Although there are weapons for tens and hundreds of soldiers, they will not be used.

  Laozi

  Soldier, Weapons, Used

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• Flowers should be viewed when half open, wine should be drunk only to subtle intoxication; there is great fun in this. If you view flowers in full bloom and drink to drunkenness, it becomes a bad experience. Those who are living to the full should think about this.

  Zicheng Hong

  Fun, Flower, Wine

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• The Sage embraces similarity of understanding and pays no regard to similarity of form. The world in general is attracted by similarity of form, but remains indifferent to similarity of understanding.

  Lie Yukou

  Understanding, Sage, World

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• I slumbered spring's morning and missed the dawn from everywhere, I heard the cry of birds. That night the sound of wind and rain came. Who knows how many petals had fallen?

  Meng Haoran

  Summer, Morning, Spring

  Meng Haoran, “Spring Dawn”

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• Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Men, Enemy

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• Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier?

  Laozi

  Names, Body, Wealth

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• Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Appreciation, Perspective, Understanding

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• Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

  Laozi

  Goal, Victory, World

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• The Great Vessel takes long to complete.

  Laozi

  Long, Vessel

  "Lao-tzu: Te-tao ching : a new translation based on the recently discovered Ma-wang-tui texts".

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• The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

  Laozi

  Life, Wise, Learning

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.81, Shambhala Publications

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• Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

  Zhuangzi

  Lying, Men, Honor

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• Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!

  Zhuangzi

  Home, Years, Forget

  Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.49, Columbia University Press

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• The separate parts make no carriage.

  Laozi

  Carriages

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• The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented by events and objects can be removed, but obstacles presented by social principles are hard to remove.

  Zicheng Hong

  Desire, Principles, Events

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