Laozi Quotes - Page 48

• Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

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  Leader, Taoism, Force

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• He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.

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• There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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  Believe, Ideas, People

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• If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and crafty. When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results. Try to make people happy, and you lay the groundwork for misery. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice. Thus the Master is content to serve as an example and not to impose her will. She is pointed, but doesn't pierce. Straightforward, but supple. Radiant, but easy on the eyes.

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  Country, Eye, People

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• It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.

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  Teacher, Discovery, Enlightenment

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• Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.

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  Powerful, Water, Clear

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• The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?

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  Taoism, Body, Reason

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• The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.

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  Baby, Taoism, Newborn

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• Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion.

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  Compassion, Heaven, Taoism

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• Be merciful, moderate, and modest.

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  Modesty, Modest, Merciful

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• Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

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  Inspirational, Cooking, Too Much

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• He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

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  Clever, Knowledge, Hypocrisy

  Laozi (1982). “Tao te ching”, Coronet Books

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• Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

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  Spiritual, Simple, People

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• Pursue without interfering.

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  Taoism, Pursue, Interfere

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• The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.

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  Taoism, Sage, Way

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• The small is easy to scatter.

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  Taoism, Easy

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• Why do the people think so little of death?
  Because the rulers demand too much of life.
  Therefore the people take death lightly.

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  Life, Thinking, People

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment.

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  Heaven, Taoism, Selfless

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The Tao of the sage is work without effort.

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  Work, Effort, Taoism

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.

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  Taoism, Tao, Force

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• As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

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  Perfect, Taoism, Balance

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• Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them.

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  Taoism, Doe, Tao

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

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• In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creature flourish together, content with the way they are, endlessly repeating themselves, endlessly renewed. When man interferes with the Tao, the sky becomes filthy, the earth becomes depleted, the equilibrium crumbles, creatures become extinct. The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as stone.

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  Humility, Compassion, Men

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• The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the Master's way.

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  Teaching, Space, Overcoming

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• The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work, yet it makes no claim. It nourishes infinite worlds, yet it doesn't hold on to them. Since it is merged with all things and hidden in their hearts, it can be called humble. Since all things vanish into it and it alone endures, it can be called great. It isn't aware of its greatness; thus it is truly great.

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  Heart, Humble, Greatness

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