Laozi Quotes - Page 52

• The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

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  Long Ago, Taoism, World

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• Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

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  Order, Profound, Taoism

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• Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.

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  Writing, People, Taoism

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• By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.

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  Taoism, World, Firsts

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• As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.

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  Names, Taoism, Enough

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• To rule by knowledge ravages the country.

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  Country, Taoism

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• When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

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  People, Taoism, Authority

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• Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.

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  Advice, Taoism, World

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• Battles are followed by years of famine.

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  Years, Taoism, Battle

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• Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.

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  Taoism, Tools, Weapons

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• Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

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  Taoism, Tools, Noble

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• Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

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  Goal, Taoism, Victory

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• Excellent conquerors do not engage.

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  Taoism, Excellent, Conqueror

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• Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

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  Warrior, Feet, Taoism

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• Although there are weapons for tens and hundreds of soldiers, they will not be used.

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  Soldier, Taoism, Weapons

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• In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

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  Love, Age, Golden

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• The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

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  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Used

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• Conduct your triumph as a funeral.

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  Funeral, Triumph, Management

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• The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao

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  Tao, Eternal, Knows

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• It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

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  Yield, Tao, Fitting

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man's charge?

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  Teacher, Men, Good Man

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.

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  Pain, Heart, Smell

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• Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.

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  Cutting, Dwelling, Space

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• To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

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  Men, Would Be, Delight

  Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.31, Booklassic

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• Its name-what passes not away.

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  Names

  Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.34, Lulu.com

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