Laozi Quotes - Page 4

• There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

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  Opponents, Underestimate, Danger

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• To have little is to possess.

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  Life, Littles

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• The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Truth

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• Loss is not as bad as wanting more.

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  Loss, Taoism, Wanting More

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• What resists, persists.

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  Persist

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• There is no illusion great than fear.

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  Fear, Illusion

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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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• Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

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  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self Esteem

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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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• Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.

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  Inspiring, Spiritual, Strong

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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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• Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

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  Intelligent, People, Taoism

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

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  World, Valuable, Worthless

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• When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

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  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

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• The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.

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  Life, Sleep, Good Day

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• When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.

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  Accepting Yourself, Accepting, Universe

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• Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.

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  Triumph, Principles, Mastery

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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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• The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, Sage

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• Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.

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  Greed, Thieves, Profit

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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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• 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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• Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

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  Life, Spiritual, Being There

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

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• No weapon is sharper than will.

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  Weapons

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