Laozi Quotes - Page 14

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

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  Men, Taoism, Desire

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• 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?

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  Thinking, Self, Tao Te Ching

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• Seeing the small is called clarity.

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  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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• Every step is on the path.

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  Taoism, Path, Steps

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• Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.

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  Trying, Forget, Should

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• Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.

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  Reality, Mystery, Source

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

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  Love, Self, Taoism

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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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• . . . 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.

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  Wisdom, Attitude, Light

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

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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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• When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

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  Death, Kings, Grandmother

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• Silence is a source of great strenght.

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  Silence, Strenght, Source

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• Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

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  Taoism, Wealth, Theft

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• Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs. . . . Where ordinary intercourse unites sex organs with sex organs, angelic cultivation unites spirit with spirit, mind with mind, and every cell of one body with every cell of the other body.

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  Sex, Cells, Mind

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• The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

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  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Bullying

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

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  Taoism, Way, Ancient

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

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  Inspirational, Success, Moving

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• Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get full eating this way.

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  Truth, Doubt, Way

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

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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.

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  Sister, Faith, Brother

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

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• But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility, and aim only at being first. Therefore they shall surely perish.

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  Humility, Men, Extravagance

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• When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, Arise

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• If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

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  Heart, Land, Dwelling

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.

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  Country, War, Justice

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