Taoism Quotes - Page 9

• The rigid tree will be felled.

  Laozi

  Tree

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

  Laozi

  Weak, Bigs

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

  Laozi

  World, Treasure, Body

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

  Laozi

  Kings, Might, Ifs

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• The purest white seems stained.

  Laozi

  White, Seems

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

  Laozi

  World, Virtue, Universal

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• The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

  Laozi

  Mother, Long, Lasts

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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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• 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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• By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.

  Laozi

  World, Firsts

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• Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.

  Laozi

  People, Leader, Excellent

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

  Laozi

  Country, People, Weapons

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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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• 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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• To rule by knowledge ravages the country.

  Laozi

  Country

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

  Laozi

  People, Authority, Dread

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• Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.

  Laozi

  Forgotten, Longevity, Dies

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

  Laozi

  People, Weak, Born

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

  Laozi

  People

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