Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes

The Tao is told is not the Tao.

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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.

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Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan.

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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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Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

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Going forward seems like retreat.

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Be the chief but never the lord.

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Excellent conquerors do not engage.

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Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.

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Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.

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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

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Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

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A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.

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If people do not revere the Law of Nature It will adversely affect them. If they accept It with knowledge and reverence, It will accommodate them with balance and harmony.

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To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

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Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.

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Peace is our natural state of being.

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Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.

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Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

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Health is the greatest possession.

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