Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Sage Quotes

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

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Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.

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Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful, But its power will not be used to harm others.

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Dignified, like a guest.

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Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."

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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

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First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.

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If you really want everything, then give up everything.

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The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.

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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.

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You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

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Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

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If you tell me, I will listen. If you show me, I will see. If you let me experience, I will learn!

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Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

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We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life.

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Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

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Nature is not anthropomorphic.

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Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.

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Be content with an ordinary life.

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