Laozi Quotes - Page 16

• I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind.

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  Life Lesson, Writing, Deep Life

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• If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

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  Letting Go, Heart, Forever

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

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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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• Seeing the small is called Clarity.
  Keeping flexible is called Strength.
  Using the shining Radiance,
  You enter the Light,
  Where no harm can come to you.
  This is called Enlightenment.

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  Strength, Light, Shining

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• Deal with the small before it becomes large.

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  Deals

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• My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

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  Teaching, Heart, Practice

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• Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose

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  Inspirational, Gains, Loses

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• The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

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  Flower, Careers, Two

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• What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work in accordance with the whole A man's life brings nothing unless he lives in accordance with the whole universe Playing one's part in accordance with the universe is true humility So whether you're a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path If you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours

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  Life, Humility, Men

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• Everything will settle in its own place automatically.

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  Settling

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• Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.

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  Strength, Truth, Heart

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• Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.

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  Taoism, Desire, World

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• Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force.

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  Mind, Taoism, Force

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• It is hidden but always present.

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

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• To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who know when they are deluded can free themselves from such delusion. The intelligent people are not deluded, because they know and accept their ignorance as ignorance, and thereby have genuine knowledge.

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  Ignorance, Knowledge, Intelligent

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• I alone have the mind of a fool, and am all muddled and vague. The people are so smart and bright. While I am just dull and confused.

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  Confused, Smart, People

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• When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

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  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Done

  Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

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• The inner is the foundation of the outer. The still is master of the restless. The Sage travels all day yet never leaves his inner treasure.

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  Foundation, Sage, Treasure

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• To produce things and to rear them,
  To produce, but not to take possession of them,
  To act, but not to rely on one's own ability,
  To lead them, but not to master them -
  This is called profound and secret virtue.

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  Happiness, Character, Profound

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• All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.

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  Taoism, Yang, Harmony

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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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• Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan.

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  Heaven, Taoism, Triumph

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• The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided by wisdom rather than emotion. Whole and virtuous, it can never die.

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  Life, Self, Ego

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

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• Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

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  Dream, Opportunity, Worry

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground.
  In thinking, keep to the simple.
  In conflict, be fair and generous.
  In governing, don't try to control.
  In work, do what you enjoy.
  In family life, be completely present.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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