Laozi Quotes - Page 51

• When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Work

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• Movement overcomes cold.

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  Taoism, Overcoming, Movement

  Laozi (1999). “Laozi”

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• To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.

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  Compassion, Order, Would Be

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• The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao.

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  Tao Te Ching, Tao, Tao Ching

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• When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.

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  War, People, Funeral

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• The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.

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  Taoism, Weak, Companion

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• Great, it passes on (in constant flow).

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  Flow, Constant

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.25, Booklassic

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• Returning to the source is serenity.

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  Serenity, Source

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• The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

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  Real, Names, Darkness Within

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• Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

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  Block, Humility, Honor

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.

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  Country, Should, Fishes

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• It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

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  Beauty, Ideas, Heaven

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• The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.

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  People, Suffering, Taxes

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.100, Lulu.com

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• Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel.

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  Wheels, Spokes, Hub

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• A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.

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  Time, Stories, Earth

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• To lead people, walk behind them.

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  Leadership, Business, People

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• To know yet to think that one does not know is best;
  Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

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  Inspirational, Motivation, Learning

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.105, Chinese University Press

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• The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

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  Government, Law, People

  Laozi (1997). “Tao Te Ching”, p.17, Wordsworth Editions

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• Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

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  Strong, Water, Earth

  Laozi, Sepharial (1904). “The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze: A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-teh-king”

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• How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

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  Peace, War, Men

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• He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

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  Ambition, Toes, Walks

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.37, Chinese University Press

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• Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

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  Men, Birth, Rigidity

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• Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?

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  Patience, Waiting, Mud

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

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  Love, Inspirational, Lying

  "An Essential Part of Being'" by Brian Weatherley, November 12, 2010.

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• Obscure, like muddy waters.

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  Water, Taoism, Obscure

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