Laozi Quotes - Page 11

• When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.

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  Morality, Goodness, Lost

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• The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.

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  Laughter, Knowledge, Average

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• Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?

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  Mind, Taoism, Steps

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• Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

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  Hate, Men, Solitude

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

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  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Philosophy

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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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• Open yourself to the truth, then trust in your natural responses, and everything will fall into place.

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  Fall, Natural, Fall Into Place

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• Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.

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  Order, Taoism, Chaos

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• How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.

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  Simple, Simplicity, Doe

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• The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.

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  Lying, Emptiness, Pot

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• Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?

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  Taoism, Four, Stills

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• There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard. There is a time to be vigorous and a time to be gentle. There is a time to gather and a time to release. Can you see things as they are And let them be all on their own?

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  Motivation, Feeling Down, Feelings

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• If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

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  Cutting, Hands, Dying

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• So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

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  Strength, Breathing, Balance

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

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  Taoism, Filling, Ominous

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• If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

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  People, Taoism, Dying

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• The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.

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  Use, Way, Best Way

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.47, Jain Publishing Company

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• The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war.

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  Clever, Powerful, War

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• Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.

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  Simple, Self, Simplicity

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• Learn to lead in a nourishing manner.
  Learn to lead without being possessive.
  Learn to be helpful without taking the credit.
  Learn to lead without coercion.

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  Volunteer, Credit, Coercion

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• The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.

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  Leader, Interfere, Superiors

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• Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

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  Peace, Heart, Mind

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Music

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• As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

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  Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

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