Taoism Quotes - Page 13

• Those who boast are not respected.

  Laozi

  Boast

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• Those who praise themselves do not prevail.

  Laozi

  Praise

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• The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.

  Laozi

  Doe, Sage, Strive

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• Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.

  Laozi

  Shining, Stones, Jade

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• The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

  Laozi

  Doe, Sage, Cherish

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• The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.

  Laozi

  Dwelling, Doe, Credit

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• Those who stay where they are will endure.

  Laozi

  Endure

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• The longer you travel, the less you know.

  Laozi

  Knows

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• Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

  Laozi

  Decay, Way, Ends

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• The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

  Laozi

  People, Way, Deviate

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• Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?

  Laozi

  Baby, Newborn, Breaths

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• Those who are unswerving have resolve

  Laozi

  Resolve

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• The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

  Laozi

  Sage, Filling, Belly

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• Meet the difficult while it is easy.

  Laozi

  Easy, Difficult

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• The brittle is easy to shatter.

  Laozi

  Easy

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• The small is easy to scatter.

  Laozi

  Easy

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• What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.

  Laozi

  Easy

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• The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.

  Laozi

  Sage, Belly

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• Simple, like uncarved wood.

  Laozi

  Simple, Woods

  Laozi (2009). “Lao-tzu's Taoteching: With Selected Commentaries from the Past 2,000 Years”

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• Behave simply and hold on to purity.

  Laozi

  Purity, Behave

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

  Laozi

  Writing, People, Rope

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• Those who stand on their toes are not steady.

  Laozi

  Toes, Steady

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• Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.

  Laozi

  Long, Pace, Steps

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• The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

  Laozi

  Extravagance, Excess, Sage

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• Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound union.

  Laozi

  Light, Doors, Dust

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