Lao Tzu Quotes - Page 2

Any good person who is motivated to attain awareness of the whole truth should follow the Universal Way to calm his mind and harmonize it with all aspects of life.
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Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others,the more he has for his own.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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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."…"There is no greater misfortunethan underestimating your enemy.Underestimating your enemymeans thinking that he is evil.Thus you destroy your three treasuresand become an enemy yourself.When two great forces oppose each other,the victory will goto the one that knows how to yield.
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Attain complete emptiness,Hold fast to stillness.Understanding the ordinary: Mind opens.Mind opening leads to compassion,Compassion to nobility,Nobility to heavenliness,Heavenliness to TAO. TAO endures. Your body dies.There is no danger.
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Revere the unity of all-that-iscarry out your daily activities with compassion;if you do not limit your compassion,you yourself will not be limited.
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Heaven’s Tao is impartial,yet those who follow its compassionate waywill always be nourished
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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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One gains by losing and loses by gaining.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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Thus it is said:The path into the light seems dark,the path forward seems to go back,the direct path seems long,true power seems weak,true purity seems tarnished,true steadfastness seems changeable,true clarity seems obscure,the greatest are seems unsophisticated,the greatest love seems indifferent,the greatest wisdom seems childish.The Tao is nowhere to be found.Yet it nourishes and completes all things.
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When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself
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The Way to do is to be.
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The Master doesn't try to be powerful;thus he is truly powerful.The ordinary man keeps reaching for power;thus he never has enough.The Master does nothing,yet he leaves nothing undone.The ordinary man is always ding things,yet many more are left to be done.[…]Therefore the Master concerns himselfWith the depths and not the surface,With the fruit and not the flower.[…]Teaching without words,Performing without actions:That is the Master’s way.[…]The Master arrives without leaving,Sees the light without looking,Achieves without doing a thing.[…]The Master is above the people,And no one feels oppressed.She goes ahead of the people,And no feels manipulated.The whole world is grateful to her.Because she completes with no one,No one can complete with her.
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If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17
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Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question.
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Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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To lead people, you must follow behind.
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The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.
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Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with what they have. But with the bestleaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people willsay 'We have done this ourselves.
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I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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So the unwanting soulsees what's hidden,and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants.
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Thirty spokesShare one hub.Make the nothing therein appropriate, and you will have the use of the cart.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
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If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them.
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A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, “We did this ourselves.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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...the mind is just as immeasurable as the vast universe. An integral being settles his mind just as the vast universe settles itself. He unites his mind with the unnameable Subtle Origin of the multi-universe in which there is no past, present or future. This is how an integral being deals with his mind.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.
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Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.
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In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
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Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
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To know that you do not know is the best.To think you know when you do not is a disease.Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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Ist eine Lehre zur Satzung erstarrt, hat sie geendet.
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A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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The past has no power to stop youfrom being present now.Only your grievance aboutthe past can do that.What is grievance?The baggage of oldthought and emotion.
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The heart that gives, gathers.
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A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.
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If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.
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Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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(So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him.
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Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surface,The core and the surfaceAre essentially the same,Words making them seem differentOnly to express appearance.If name be needed, wonder names them both:From wonder into wonderExistence opens.
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He who is in harmony with the Taois like a newborn child.Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,but its grip is powerful.It doesn't know about the unionof male and female,yet its penis can stand erect,so intense is its vital power.It can scream its head off all day,yet it never becomes hoarse,so complete is its harmony.The Master's power is like this.He lets all things come and goeffortlessly, without desire.He never expects results;thus he is never disappointed.He is never disappointed;thus his spirit never grows old.
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Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal.
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