Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Firsts Quotes

What should be shrunken must first be stretched.

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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.

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Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.

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The noble must make humility his root.

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The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

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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.

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To lead, one must follow.

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If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.

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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.

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The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

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Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

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As for the "proper way:" it is the beginning of disorder.

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

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If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

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Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.

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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

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He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground.

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