Laozi Quotes - Page 27

• The Way is ever nameless.

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  Taoism, Way, Nameless

  Laozi, Moss Roberts (2004). “Dao de Jing: The Book of the Way”, p.207, Univ of California Press

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• If you really want everything, then give up everything.

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  Giving Up, Giving, Want

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• The farther you go, the less you know.

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  Knows, Tao Te Ching Leadership, Tao Wisdom

  Laozi, Herrymon Maurer (1985). “Tao , the way of the ways”, Schocken

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• He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

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  Inspirational, Giving Up, Enough

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• The Tao's principle is spontaneity.

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  Taoism, Principles, Tao

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• The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.

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  Humble, Attention, Done

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• The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.

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  Inspirational, Accomplishment, Taoism

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• The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.

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  Clever, Thinking, People

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• Nature doesn't make long speeches.

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  Nature, Long, Speech

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• A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

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  Men, Hair, Tree

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• Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.

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  Strength, Loss, Way

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

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  Leadership, People, Confusion

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• Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.

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  Wise, Danger, Traveler

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• Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.

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  Earth, Shapes, Succeed

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• If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People would by themselves find harmony, without being commanded.

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  Sweet, Kings, Fall

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• The best way to carve is not to split.

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  Taoism, Splits, Way

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• Gain or loss, what is worse?

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  Loss, Taoism, Gains

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• Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.

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  Animal, Covenant, Gentle

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• Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

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  Inspirational, Positivity, Intelligent

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.57, Jain Publishing Company

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• Going on means going far, going far means returning.

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  Travel, Mean

  Laozi, Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (1993). “Dao de Jing”, p.25, Hackett Publishing

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• Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.

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  Taoism, Manipulation, Action

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• Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.

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  Leadership, Done, Deeds

  "Timeless Principles for Personal, Career, and Family Success" by Jim Clemmer, (p. 137), 1999.

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• Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit, and there won't be any thieves. If these three aren't enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course.

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  Circles, People, Justice

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• The sage acts by doing nothing.

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  Taoism, Sage, Doing Nothing

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• Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is called the vanity of robbers. It is certainly not the Way.

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  Vanity, Taoism, Way

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