Laozi Quotes - Page 47

• He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.

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  May, Abundance, Virtue

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

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• The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.

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  Taoism, Female, Valleys

  Laozi, Bi Wang, Paul J. Lin (1977). “A translation of Lao Tzu's Tao te ching and Wang Pi's commentary”, Univ of Michigan Center for chinese

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• A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.

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  Country, Rivers, Taoism

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• Yielding, like ice about to melt.

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  Ice, Taoism, Tao Ching

  Laozi, Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (1993). “Dao de Jing”, p.15, Hackett Publishing

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• He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.

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  Taoism, World, Treasure

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• In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.

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  Kings, Taoism, World

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• In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

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  Roots, Taoism, Haste

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• A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

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  Country, Yield, People

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• There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master carpenter. Of those who try to carve wood like a master carpenter, there are few who do not injure their hands.

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  Hands, Taoism, Trying

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• People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

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  People, Taoism, Weak

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• Use the light to return to clarity.

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  Light, Taoism, Use

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• When equal armies battle, the grieving one will be victorious.

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  Army, Grieving, Taoism

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• The unyielding army will not win.

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  Army, Winning, Taoism

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• When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.

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  Enemy, Taoism, Bitterness

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• If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

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  Trust, People, Untrustworthy

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• The very highest is barely known.
  Then comes that which people know and love,
  Then that which is feared,
  Then that which is despised.
  Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

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  Wisdom, People, And Love

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

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  Leadership, Cooking, Kingdoms

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• Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.

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  Exercise, Winning, Space

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• I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.

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  People, Tao, Virtue

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• In caring for others and serving heaven,
  There is nothing like using restraint.

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  Caring, Heaven, Tao

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

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  Knowing, Way, Tao

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.

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  Strong, Inspiration, Practice

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• The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

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  Leadership, Wise, Motivation

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• The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

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  Evil, Distortion, Method

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.82, Lulu.com

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• If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

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  Practice, Way, Action

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