Tao Te Ching Leadership Quotes - Page 4

• If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

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• Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

  Laozi

  Knowledge, Taoism, Arguing

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• If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Learning, Tao Te Ching

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• The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

  Laozi

  Men, Ideas, Desire

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery

  "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi (Ch. 1), 4th century BC.

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• If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

  Laozi

  Heart, Tao Te Ching, Looks

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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.

  Laozi

  Names, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

  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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• He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Book, Communication

  Tao-te Ching ch. 56 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

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• The farther you go, the less you know.

  Laozi

  Knows, Tao Wisdom

  Laozi, Herrymon Maurer (1985). “Tao , the way of the ways”, Schocken

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• Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

  Laozi

  Evil, Giving, Tao Te Ching

  Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

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• When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Done

  Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

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• I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Patience

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• 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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• A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

  Laozi

  Broken Heart, Acceptance, Tree

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

  Laozi

  Being Strong, Perseverance, Stay Strong

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

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• Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.

  Laozi

  Love, Self, World

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.

  Laozi

  Ignorance, Knowing, Sickness

  Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer

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• If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

  Laozi

  People, Perception, Overcoming

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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.

  Laozi

  Real, Names, Darkness Within

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• Practice non-action. Work without doing.

  Laozi

  Work, Practice, Action

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.

  Laozi

  Yoga, Heaven, May

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

  Laozi

  Humility, Sea, Giving

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• When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.

  Laozi

  Government, People, Benefits

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• The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Men, Views

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• Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.

  Laozi

  Light, Darkness Within, Imagination

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