Laozi Quotes - Page 14

• 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, Tao Te Ching

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• Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.

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  Self, Achievement, Greed

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• If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Silent and uncreated, it creates all things.

  Laozi

  Rivers, Forever, Valleys

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

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• All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.

  Laozi

  Men, Taoism, Desire

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• Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.

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  Reality, Mystery, Source

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• An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Success, Moving

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• . . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light.

  Laozi

  Wisdom, Attitude, Light

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

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• Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

  Laozi

  Love, Self, Taoism

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• Every step is on the path.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Path, Steps

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• Silence is a source of great strenght.

  Laozi

  Silence, Strenght, Source

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• Seeing the small is called clarity.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Clarity, Seeing

  Laozi (2015). “Daodejing: The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching”, p.123, Open Court

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• Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

  Laozi

  Strength, Conquer, Force

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.33, Shambhala Publications

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• The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.

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  World, Flow, Source

  "Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu".

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• . . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.

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  Truth, Past, Ideas

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• The way is light and fluid for the man with
  no preferences.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Men

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• It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

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  Inspirational, Nature, Follow Your Heart

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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.

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  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Desire

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• Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.

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  Failure, Rushing, Trying

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• Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Way, Ancient

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• It is hidden but always present.

  Laozi

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

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• The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao. When rich speculators prosper While farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn- all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao.

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  Government, Land, Class

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• Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

  Laozi

  Sister, Faith, Brother

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

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• Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Wealth, Theft

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• Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

  Laozi

  Wise, Men, Choices

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Flames

  "Tao Te Ching". 4th century BC.

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