Laozi Quotes - Page 29

• First and last follow each other.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Lasts, Firsts

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

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• He who holds balance...has attained the highest post in the world.

  Laozi

  Balance, World, Posts

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• Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile.

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  Baby, Spring, Compassion

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• He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

  Laozi

  Pride, Honor, Wealth

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• If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

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  People, Perception, Overcoming

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• Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.

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  Spring, Army, Conquer The World

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• Too much success is not an advantage.
  Do not tinkle like jade
  Or clatter like stone chimes.

  Laozi

  Success, Stones, Jade

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

  Laozi

  Wise, Men, Taoism

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• Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

  Laozi

  Waiting, Taoism, Mud

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• Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them... If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.

  Laozi

  Kings, Lying, Humility

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The wise man knows without traveling.

  Laozi

  Wise, Men, Knows

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.

  Laozi

  Humility, Compassion, Behinds

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• The truest sayings are paradoxical.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Paradoxical, Truest

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• Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.

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  Shining, Taoism, Stones

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• Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.

  Laozi

  People, Spirituality, Hundred

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• Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?

  Laozi

  Expectations, Taoism, Kind

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• Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore he is distinguished; from self-glorification, therefore he has merit; from self-exaltation, therefore he rises superior to all. Inasmuch as he does not strive, there is no one in the world who can strive with him.

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  Humility, Self, Shining

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• An integral being knows without going,
  sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.

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  Inspirational, Action, Accomplish

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• Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Forgotten, Longevity

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• From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.

  Laozi

  Names, Taoism, Lost

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• True words seem false.

  Laozi

  Knowledge, Taoism, True Words

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• The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Self, Extravagance

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• Wear down to be renewed.

  Laozi

  Taoism

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• Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Dare

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• When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.

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  Country, Fall, Body

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