Tao Te Ching Quotes

• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Flames

  "Tao Te Ching". 4th century BC.

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  The more you know the less you need to say.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 30, 2017

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  Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

  Laozi

  Education, Intelligence, Taoism

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground.
  In thinking, keep to the simple.
  In conflict, be fair and generous.
  In governing, don't try to control.
  In work, do what you enjoy.
  In family life, be completely present.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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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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• If there is to be peace in the world,
  There must be peace in the nations.
  If there is to be peace in the nations,
  There must be peace in the cities.
  If there is to be peace in the cities,
  There must be peace between neighbors.
  If there is to be peace between neighbors,
  There must be peace in the home.
  If there is to be peace in the home,
  There must be peace in the heart.

  Laozi

  Peace, Home, Heart

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• Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

  Laozi

  Life, Happiness, Spiritual

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• Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Relationship, Wise

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• 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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• When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.

  Laozi

  Beauty, Beautiful, Difficult And Easy

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• Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Change, Life Changing, Acceptance

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.

  Laozi

  Inspiring, Spiritual, Strong

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

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Learning, Growth

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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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• Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Simplicity, patience, compassion.
  These three are your greatest treasures.
  Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
  Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
  Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

  Laozi

  Life, Patience, Philosophy

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• If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

  Laozi

  Wisdom, Taoism, Wise Words

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• Observe how endings become beginnings.

  Laozi

  Tao Ching, Tao Wisdom, Tao

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

  Laozi

  Desire, Mystery, Realizing

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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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• When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

  Laozi

  People, Book Of Tao, Tao Ching

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

  Laozi

  Evil, Giving, Disappear

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

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