Laozi Quotes - Page 42

• Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.

  Laozi

  Order, Confusion, Confusing

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• To be of few words is natural.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Few Words, Natural

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• Excellent soldiers are not furious.

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  Soldier, Taoism, Excellent

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• Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called enlightened.

  Laozi

  Mean, Destiny, Eternity

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• A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and if that step is the right step, it becomes the last step.

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  Journey, Lasts, Steps

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• Kindness in thinking creates profundity. Kindness in giving creates love.

  Laozi

  Kindness, Thinking, Giving

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• A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

  Laozi

  Running, Whales, Water

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• In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.

  Laozi

  Learning, Taoism, Pursuit

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

  Laozi

  Wall, Reality, Space

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• My words are easy to understand and easy to perform,
  Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.

  Laozi

  Wisdom, Men, Practice

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

  Laozi

  Life, Gentle, Disciple

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

  Laozi

  People, Taoism, Sage

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• Appetite for food and sex is nature.

  Laozi

  Sex, Appetite

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• The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

  Laozi

  Mother, Long, Taoism

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• In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

  Laozi

  People, Age, Next

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.17, Booklassic

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• Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

  Laozi

  Philosophy, Tao, Action

  Laozi, Robert G. Henricks (1989). “Lao-tzu: Te-tao ching : a new translation based on the recently discovered Ma-wang-tui texts”

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• The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Principles, Tao

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• The words of truth are always paradoxical.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Wise, Truth

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• The world may be known Without leaving the house.

  Laozi

  House, Leaving, World

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• To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day

  Laozi

  Motivational, Spiritual, Knowledge

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• The separate parts make no carriage.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Carriages

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• The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people. She is good to people who are good. She is also good to people who aren't good. This is true goodness. She trusts people who are trustworthy. She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy. This is true trust. The Master's mind is like space. People don't understand her. They look to her and wait. She treats them like her own children.

  Laozi

  Children, Space, People

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• The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done. If powerful men and women could venter themselves in it, the whole world would be transformed by itself, in its natural rhythms. People would be content with their simple, everyday lives, in harmony, and free of desire. When there is no desire, all things are at peace.

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  Powerful, Simple, Men

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• The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts. When you have names and forms, know that they are provisional. When you have institutions, know where their functions should end. Knowing when to stop, you can avoid any danger. All things end in the Tao as rivers flow into the sea.

  Laozi

  Powerful, Heart, Men

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• The real is empty and the empty real

  Laozi

  Real, Empty

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