Laozi Quotes - Page 21

• The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

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  Teacher, Learning, Men

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• So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

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  Soul, Taoism, Want

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• Who can enjoy enlightenment and remain indifferent to suffering in the world? This is not in keeping with the Way. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao.

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  Men, Understanding, Suffering

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

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery.

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  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery

  "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi (Ch. 1), 4th century BC.

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• The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.

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  Bliss, Feminine, Fountain

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• I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.

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  People, Good Enough, Goodness

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• A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

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  Men, Foolish Man, Done

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.

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  Mean, Taoism, Prevention

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• Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

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  Compassion, People, Water

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• Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

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  Peaceful, Taoism, Spontaneous

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• Those who stay where they are will endure.

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  Taoism, Endure

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• By moderation one can be generous.

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  Taoism, Moderation, Generous

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• We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful.

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  Doors, Space, Clay

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• Simple, like uncarved wood.

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  Simple, Taoism, Woods

  Laozi (2009). “Lao-tzu's Taoteching: With Selected Commentaries from the Past 2,000 Years”

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• Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, Trends

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• Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

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  Enough, Should, Trusted

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• There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical bodily existence is required. Those who fail to live consistently in accord with the Tao reside here. In the upper, Yu Ching, there is only Tao: the bondage of form is broken, and the only thing existing is the exquisite energy dance of the immortal divine beings.

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  Broken, Energy, Three

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

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• That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

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  Taoism, Overcoming, Substance

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• The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.

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  Taoism, Way, Virtue

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• Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted. They do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit. They do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.

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  Humble, Humility, Shining

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• The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

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  People, Trying, Vices

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• Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.

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  Knowledge, People, Taoism

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• Those who praise themselves do not prevail.

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  Taoism, Praise

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• Life and death are one thread.

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  Life And Death, Thread, Different Sides

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• Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.

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  Struggle, Oneness, Unity

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