Laozi Quotes - Page 26

• The purest white seems stained.

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  White, Taoism, Seems

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• Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.

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  Acceptance, White, Black

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• Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

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  Water, Taoism, Enlightening

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• I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.

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  People, Taoism, Rich

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• When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

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  War, Army, Sorrow

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• The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.

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  Letting Go, Men, Everyday

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• When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities. There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.

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  Country, Fear, Cities

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• Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.

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  Inspirational, Clever, Integrity

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• What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

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  Men, Giving, Generosity

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.

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  Order, Action, Happens

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• The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.

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  Taoism, Males, Female

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• The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

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  Compassion, Taoism, Purpose

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• Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.

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  Running, Greatness, Thinking

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• ...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

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  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Saints And Sinners

  Laozi (2016). “The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition”, p.97, Dudeism LLC

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• That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.

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  Space, Taoism, Resistance

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• When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

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  Animal, Intelligent, Soul

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

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  Compassion, Brave, Taoism

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• From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.

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  World, Born, Turns

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• The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.

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  Dwelling, Taoism, Doe

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• Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not.

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  Humility, People, Wish

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• The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.

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  Taoism, Sage, Difficult

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• The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.

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  Mourning, Triumph, Weapons

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• Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.

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  Thieves, Virtue

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• Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

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  Fancy, Debate, True Words

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.107, Lulu.com

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• The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.

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  Confidence, Wise, Self

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