Laozi Quotes - Page 3

• The greatest revelation is stillness.

  Laozi

  Revelations, Stillness

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• Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.

  Laozi

  Peace, War, Fool

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• I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

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  Leadership, Humility, Men

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• Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

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  Inspirational, Secret, Eternity

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• You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.

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  Body, Study, Fingers

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

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• The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.

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  Doing Nothing, Masters, Accomplish

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• Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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  Perfection, Taoism, Imperfect

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• Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes.

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  Art, Martial Arts

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• See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things

  Laozi

  Badass, Greatness, Simplicity

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.

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  Moving, Doe, Way

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• Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.

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  Spiritual, Prayer, Breathing

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

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• If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

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  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

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• The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

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  Teacher, People, Needs

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• Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

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  Knowledge, Knowing, Taoism

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

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  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery

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• That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.

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  Overcoming, Facts, Known

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• Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.

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  Happiness, Pain, Ego

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

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• Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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  Wise, Clever, Knowledge

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• Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

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  Change, Life Changing, Acceptance

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• At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

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  Life, Spiritual, Self Esteem

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• Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.

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  Leadership, Panic, Great Leader

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• If there is to be peace in the world,
  There must be peace in the nations.
  If there is to be peace in the nations,
  There must be peace in the cities.
  If there is to be peace in the cities,
  There must be peace between neighbors.
  If there is to be peace between neighbors,
  There must be peace in the home.
  If there is to be peace in the home,
  There must be peace in the heart.

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  Peace, Home, Heart

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• If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

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  Tao Te Ching, Past Present Future, Anxiety Depression

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• A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

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  Broken Heart, Acceptance, Tree

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.

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  Teacher, Mistake, Men

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