Taoism Quotes - Page 8

• Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

  Laozi

  Filling, Ominous

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• The rigid tree will be felled.

  Laozi

  Tree

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• Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?

  Laozi

  Country, People, Care

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• In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.

  Laozi

  Kings, World, Four

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• If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People would by themselves find harmony, without being commanded.

  Laozi

  Sweet, Kings, Fall

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• What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.

  Laozi

  Kings, People, Desolate

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• Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.

  Laozi

  World, Virtue, Universal

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• When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.

  Laozi

  Horse, Three, Four

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• When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.

  Laozi

  Tired, People, Sage

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• To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

  Laozi

  Country, Kings, World

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• The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

  Laozi

  Mother, Long, Lasts

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• The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.

  Laozi

  Subjects, Supreme, Rulers

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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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• The purest white seems stained.

  Laozi

  White, Seems

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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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• 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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• The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.

  Laozi

  World, Hardest

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• Holding on to the weak is called strength.

  Laozi

  Holding On, Weak

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• The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

  Laozi

  Weak, Bigs

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• Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

  Laozi

  Leader, Force, Dare

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• He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.

  Laozi

  World, Treasure, Body

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• The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.

  Laozi

  Strong, Overcoming, Use

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• When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power, but it is not used to harm people.

  Laozi

  People, World, Way

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• Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.

  Laozi

  People, Leader, Excellent

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• If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

  Laozi

  Kings, Might, Ifs

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