Laozi Quotes - Page 31

• He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

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  Reality, Generosity, Giving

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• Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.

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  Winter, Rivers, Taoism

  Laozi (2007). “Daodejing: The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Open Court

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• Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised.

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  Taoism, Victory, Quiet

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• Shape clay into a vessel;
  It is the space within that makes it useful.
  Cut doors and windows for a room;
  It is the holes which make it useful.
  Therefore benefit comes from what is there;
  Usefulness from what is not there.

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  Inspirational, Cutting, Space

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• Stillness is the ruler of haste.

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  Taoism, Haste, Rulers

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• The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.

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  Spiritual, Men, Heaven

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• The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels.

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  Wheels, Traveller, Skillful

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• When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

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  Taken, Humility, Merit

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• He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.

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  Heaven, Protect, Secure

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching: A New Translation”

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• To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.

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  War, Delight, Slaughter

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• He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.

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  Philosophy, Struggle, Doe

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• Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat.

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  Heat, Conquer, Activity

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• He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

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  Taoism, Sage, Virtue

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• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

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  Winning, Giving, Victory

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• Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small. The most difficult things in the world must be done while they are easy; the greatest things in the world must be done while they are small.

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  Important, Done, Enmity

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• Meet the big while it is small.

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  Taoism, Bigs

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• Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.

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  Strong, Taoism, Defeat

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• A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.

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  Taoism, Multitudes, Tiresome

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• Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.

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  Love, Death, Links

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• From caring comes courage.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Being Strong

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• When cleverness emerges There is great hypocrisy.

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  Hypocrisy, Cleverness

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.27, Chinese University Press

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• Behave simply and hold on to purity.

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  Taoism, Purity, Behave

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• A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.

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  Weed, Taoism, Fields

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• Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

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  Offering, Heaven, Taoism

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