Laozi Quotes

• One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

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  Believe, Needs, Convince

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• ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.

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  Gratitude, Humility, Courtesy

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  If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

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  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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  Cancer, New Beginnings, Hard Times

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• Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

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  Inspirational, Relationship, Wise

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• Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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  Life, Happiness, Spiritual

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• The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

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  Teacher, People, Needs

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• When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Letting Go

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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.

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  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.

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  Relationship, Wise, Spiritual

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• Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'

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  Inspirational, Time, Want

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• Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.

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  Encouraging, Positivity, Water

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• To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

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  Book, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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  Perfection, Taoism, Imperfect

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

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  Education, Tao Te Ching, Intelligence

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

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• Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

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  Uplifting, Confidence, Motivation

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• Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

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  Inspirational, Secret, Eternity

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• Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

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  Relationship, Marriage, Couple

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• Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.

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  Inspirational, Kindness, Heart

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• Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.

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  Kindness, Kind Thoughts, Kind Deeds

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• Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

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  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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• Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

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  Meditation, Feel Good, Taoism

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• The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Truth

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• You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

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  Giving, Determine, Withholding

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