Laozi Quotes - Page 46

• The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.

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  Taoism, Way, Eternal

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• Returning is the movement of the Way.

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  Taoism, Movement, Way

  Lao Tzu, Laozi, William Scott Wilson (2012). “Tao Te Ching: An All-new Translation”, p.114, Shambhala Publications

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• Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

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  Compassion, Sea, Taoism

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• People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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  People, Taoism, Too Much

  Laozi (1939). “The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu”

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• When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.

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  Horse, War, Cities

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• The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand in fear, Worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, The people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

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  Inspirational, Government, People

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• Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.

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  Taoism, Acting, Life Is

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• Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

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  Self, Taoism, Righteous

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• He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

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  Trust, Taoism, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?

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  Heaven, Taoism, Gates Of Heaven

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• Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?

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  Baby, Taoism, Newborn

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• Requite injury with kindness.

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  Kindness, Injury

  Laozi, Jingxiong Wu (2003). “Tao Teh Ching”, Shambhala Publications

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• Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.

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  Water, Doe, Benefits

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• Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.

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  Government, People, Next

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• Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.

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  Taste, Action, Undertakings

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

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• Conclusions are ignorance arrested on the path to less ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Path, Conclusion

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• Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea.

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  Home, Sea, Rivers

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Great indeed is the sublimity of the creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

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  Creativity, Creative, Heaven

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• Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.

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  Giving Up, Teaching, Trouble

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

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  Nature, Men, Animal

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• A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

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  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet.

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  Inspirational, Journey, Feet

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• Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

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  Confused, Yield, Confusion

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

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  Government, States, Fishes

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.28, Chinese University Press

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• Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?

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  Soul, Unity, Body

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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