Laozi Quotes - Page 40

• For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.

  Laozi

  Gains, Losing, Tao Te Ching Leadership

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• The surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.

  Laozi

  Tests, Accepting, Sane

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• When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

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  Taoism, Way, Virtue

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• Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus they are supported by it.

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  Oneness, Perception, Awareness

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

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• All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.

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  Nature, Law, Return

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• With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

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  Shrinking, Economy, Honour

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.67, Booklassic

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• He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Doe, Tiptoes

  Laozi (1997). “Tao Te Ching”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions

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• He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.51, Chinese University Press

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• There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

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  Money, Greed, Guilt

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• If you would take, you must first give.

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  Compassion, Giving, Intelligence

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• The progress of the Way seems retreating.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Progress, Way

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• Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."

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  Teaching, People, Leader

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• There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.

  Laozi

  Mother, Names, Giving

  Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching”

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• To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

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  Country, Kings, Taoism

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• All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Motivation

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• He who knows, knows not. He who knows not, knows.

  Laozi

  Knows

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• The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

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  Men, Ideas, Desire

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.

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  Wisdom, People, Water

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• Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

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  Strength, Self Confidence, Knowing

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Countless words
  count less
  than the silent balance
  between yin and yang

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  Balance, Yang, Silent

  Laozi (2005). “Tao te ching: a new translation & commentary”

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• I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.

  Laozi

  People, Stills

  Lao Tzu, Lao Zi (2006). “Tao Te Ching”, p.62, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• To know you have enough is to be rich.

  Laozi

  Simplicity, Chinese, Rich

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• When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.

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  Men, Tao, Disaster

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

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  Uplifting, Journey, Difficult And Easy

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• Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.

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  Space, Taoism, Clay

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