Taoism Quotes - Page 7

• The most able seems clumsy.

  Laozi

  Able, Seems, Clumsy

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• If you are interested in Taoism, I would suggest that you read the Way of Life by Lao Tsu, the founder of Taoism. I personally prefer the Witter Brynner translation.

  Frederick Lenz

  Laos, Way, Founders

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• When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone for character development. If you hear only what pleases you, and deal only with what thrills you, then you are burying your life in deadly poison.

  Zicheng Hong

  Character, Mind, Poison

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• The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.

  Laozi

  Use, Exhausted, Lacking

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• The Tao's principle is spontaneity.

  Laozi

  Principles, Tao, Spontaneity

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• The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.

  Laozi

  World, World Is Small

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• Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.

  Laozi

  Knowledge, Illness

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• The I Ching tells us that for every ending there is a new beginning. In other words, what appears like a transition isn't really a transition; it's a continuum of existence. If you close your eyes for a moment the room will appear to go away. But does it really? Open your eyes again and the room will still be there. That's all death is.

  Frederick Lenz

  New Beginnings, Eye, Going Away

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• The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.

  Laozi

  Country, People, Weapons

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• Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you.

  Laozi

  People, Weary, Ifs

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• A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

  Laozi

  Country, Yield, People

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• Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.

  Laozi

  Acting, Life Is, Superiors

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• Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.

  Laozi

  Forgotten, Longevity, Dies

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• When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.

  Laozi

  Government, People, Conniving

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• Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless.

  Laozi

  World, Return, Virtue

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• If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.

  Laozi

  Country, Yield, Conquer

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

  Laozi

  People, Authority, Dread

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• Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

  Laozi

  Filling, Ominous

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• There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master carpenter. Of those who try to carve wood like a master carpenter, there are few who do not injure their hands.

  Laozi

  Hands, Trying, Woods

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• People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

  Laozi

  People, Too Much

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• People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

  Laozi

  People, Weak, Born

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• All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

  Laozi

  Tree, Dry, Grass

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

  Laozi

  Weak, Companion, Hard

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• People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.

  Laozi

  People, Too Much, Rulers

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• Let people take death seriously, and not travel far.

  Laozi

  People

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