Laozi Quotes - Page 23

• Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.

  Laozi

  Long, Taoism, Pace

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• Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Majestic, Righteousness

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• Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

  Laozi

  Humility, Reputation, Should

  Laozi, Lie zi, Léon Wieger, Derek Bryce, Zhuang zi (1984). “Wisdom of the Daoist Masters: The Works of Lao Zi (Lao Tzu), Lie Zi (Lieh Tzu), Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu)”

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• He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.

  Laozi

  Easy, Difficulty, Accounts

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Views

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.29, Jain Publishing Company

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• Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars. This practice should answer the question..... The master settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.

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  Stars, Night, Practice

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• No disaster is worse than being discontented.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Tao, Disaster

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• How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, World, Knows

  Laozi, Jingxiong Wu (1997). “Dao teh jing”

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• Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.

  Laozi

  Long, Appreciate, Giving

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• The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

  Laozi

  Mother, Heaven, Tao Te Ching

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.104, Hackett Publishing

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• Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

  Laozi

  Nature, Remember, Restless

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

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• The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

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  Humility, Compassion, Views

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• High and low rest on each other.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Lows, Highs And Lows

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• My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

  Laozi

  Knowledge, Practice, Taoism

  "Tao teh king (the way of peace) of Lao-Tzu".

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• Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.

  Laozi

  Thinking, Perfect, Taoism

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• What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.

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  Humility, Rivers, Heaven

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• True power is stillness within motion.

  Laozi

  True Power, Stillness

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• Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?

  Laozi

  People, Taoism, Fine Words

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• When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.

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  Love, Heart, People

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• I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

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  Inspirational, Evil, Taoism

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• The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

  Laozi

  Greatness, Doe, Sage

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

  Laozi

  Greed, Taoism, Lost

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• The natural laws of the universe are inviolable... what you say and do determines what happens in your life... You are the master of your life and death. What you do is what you are.

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  Karma, Law, Life And Death

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• Words have divided man from woman,
  one from another, this from that,
  until only sages know how to put things together.
  Without words, without even understanding,
  lovers find each other.
  The moment of finding is always a surprise,
  like meeting an old friend never before known.

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  Men, Understanding, Old Friends

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• If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

  Laozi

  Forever, Taoism, Contentment

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