Laozi Quotes - Page 5

• He who stands on tiptoe
  doesn't stand firm.
  He who rushes ahead
  doesn't go far.
  He who tries to shine
  dims his own light.
  He who defines himself
  can't know who he really is.
  He who has power over others
  can't empower himself.
  He who clings to his work
  will create nothing that endures.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Light, Empowering

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• Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child.

  Laozi

  Children, Son, Boys

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• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

  Laozi

  Relationship, Respect, Being Yourself

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• He who hoards much loses much.

  Laozi

  Simplicity, Loses

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• All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.

  Laozi

  Action, Ultimate Truth, Ultimate

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• By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Winning

  "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi, Ch. 48, as translated by Raymond B. Blakney (1955), c. 6th - 5th century BC.

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• The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.

  Laozi

  Agendas, Tao, Planning

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• When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Keys

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• Confidence is the greatest friend.

  Laozi

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• Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small.

  Laozi

  Life, Issues, Tasks

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• Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

  Laozi

  Not Caring, People, Tao Te Ching

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• A good athlete can enter a state of body-awareness in which the right stroke or the right movement happens by itself, effortlessly, without any interference of the conscious will. This is a paradigm for non-action: the purest and most effective form of action. The game plays the game; the poem writes the poem; we can't tell the dancer from the dance. It happens when we trust the intelligence of the universe in the same way that an athlete or a dancer trusts the superior intelligence of the body.

  Laozi

  Writing, Athlete, Games

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• The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

  Laozi

  Wise, Meaningful, Men

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• Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.

  Laozi

  Mistake, Opportunity, Doe

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• Why are the people starving?-
  Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes
  That's why they're starving
  
  Why are people rebellious?-
  Because those above them meddle in their lives
  That's why they're rebellious
  
  Why do people regard death so lightly?-
  Because they are so involved with their own living
  That's why they regard death so lightly
  
  In the end,
  The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on
  and gained by those who let go

  Laozi

  Life, Letting Go, People

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• Observe how endings become beginnings.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Tao Ching, Tao Wisdom

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• If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Kindness, Wicked

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• Success is as dangerous as failure.
  Hope is as hollow as fear.
  
  What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?
  Whether you go up the ladder or down it,
  you position is shaky.
  When you stand with your two feet on the ground,
  you will always keep your balance.
  
  What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?
  Hope and fear are both phantoms
  that arise from thinking of the self.
  When we don't see the self as self,
  what do we have to fear?
  
  See the world as your self.
  Have faith in the way things are.
  Love the world as your self;
  then you can care for all things.

  Laozi

  Fear, Failure, Mean

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• To be learned, add something each day. To be enlightened drop something each day.

  Laozi

  Add, Each Day, Enlightened

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• In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.

  Laozi

  Heart, Land, Dwelling

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• There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.

  Laozi

  Inspiring, Heart, Enlightenment

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• The world is won by those who let it go.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Attachment, Let It Go

  "Tao Te Ching". Ch. 48, as translated by Raymond B. Blakney, 1955.

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• Thirty spokes meet in the hub,
  but the empty space between them
  is the essence of the wheel.
  
  Pots are formed from clay,
  but the empty space within it
  is the essence of the pot.
  
  Walls with windows and doors
  form the house,
  but the empty space within it
  is the essence of the home.

  Laozi

  Wall, Home, Essence

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• He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Positive, Encouragement, Powerful

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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