Laozi Quotes - Page 4

• Loss is not as bad as wanting more.

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  Loss, Taoism, Wanting More

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

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  Change, Life Changing, Acceptance

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• Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

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  Success, Weed, Dream

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• True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.

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  Leadership, Wise, Men

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• The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

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  Inspirational, Growing Up, Keys

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• Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.

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  Apology, Done, Body

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

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• Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

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  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self Esteem

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• There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

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  Opponents, Underestimate, Danger

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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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• The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.

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  Agendas, Tao, Planning

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• Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.

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  Arrogance, Accomplish, Shows

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• What resists, persists.

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  Persist

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• Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.

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  World, Valuable, Worthless

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• When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.

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  Accepting Yourself, Accepting, Universe

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• Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

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  Intelligent, People, Taoism

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• When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

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  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

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• Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman

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  Men

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• Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.

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  Speak No Evil, Feel Good, Party Hard

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• Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.

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  Mistake, Opportunity, Doe

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• If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.

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  Hard Times, Giving, Want

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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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• He who stands on tiptoe
  doesn't stand firm.
  He who rushes ahead
  doesn't go far.
  He who tries to shine
  dims his own light.
  He who defines himself
  can't know who he really is.
  He who has power over others
  can't empower himself.
  He who clings to his work
  will create nothing that endures.

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  Inspirational, Light, Empowering

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• Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child.

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  Children, Son, Boys

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• To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

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  Book, Ignorance, Knowledge

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