Laozi Quotes - Page 41

• The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you will ruin it. If you try to own it you will lose it

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  Future, Vision, Trying

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• A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).

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  Loss, Arriving, Followers

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• Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through.

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  Heaven, Taoism, Slips

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• The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through.

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  Overcoming, Answers, Ease

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• Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.

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  Journey, Where You Stand

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• The hard and stiff will be broken.
  The soft and supple will prevail.

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  Broken, Tao Ching, Supple

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• The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.

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  Inspiring, Wise, Philosophy

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• Life and death are one thread,
  the same line viewed from different sides.

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  Inspirational, Sympathy, Death

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• The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

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  Inspirational, Heart, Ambition

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• The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

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  Flower, Taoism, Substance

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• The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.

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  Taoism, Causes, Natural

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• The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

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  Teacher, Art, Giving

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

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• When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.

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  Government, People, Benefits

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• To be worn out is to be renewed.

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  Worn, Worn Out

  Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

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• He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.

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  Philosophy, Doe, Pity

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• He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.

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  Philosophy, Doe, Praise

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• Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious.

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  People, Too Much, Rebellious

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• By letting go, it all gets done.

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  Letting Go, Inspiration, Acceptance

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• Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.

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  Taoism, Faults, Conflict

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• Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.

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  Inspirational, People, Choices

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• In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.

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  Science, Done, Mystery

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• Standing on "tip toe", one stands not firmly. Straining in stride, one cannot walk far. Flaunting of deeds, one is unfavorably noticed. Being self-righteous, one is not respected. Boasting of self, one's merit is unrecognized. Glorifying of self, one loses the opportunity for greatness. From the viewpoint of Tao These represent imperfect Te, Valued as are filth or disease.

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  Opportunity, Greatness, Self

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• Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

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  People, Causes, Collecting

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1986). “Tao teh king”, World Book

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• He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

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  Being Strong, Perseverance, Stay Strong

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

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• When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.

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  Sorry, Apology, Army

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