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Laozi Quotes - Page 14

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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.

Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.

Spiritual, Oneness, Detours

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Peace, Home, Heart

Deal with the small before it becomes large.

Deals

A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.

Teacher, Mistake, Men

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Relationship, Marriage, Couple

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

Nature, Educational, Intelligence

A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.

Wise, Waiting, Loser

Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

Taoism, Wealth, Theft

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

Strength, Breathing, Balance

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

The highest tone is hard to hear.

Taoism, Tone, Hard

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

Character, Reality, Men

"The Tao Teh King: A Short Study in Comparative Religion".

Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and names, before heaven and earth, before the ten thousand things. It is the unlimited father and mother of all limited things. Therefore, to see beyond boundaries to the subtle heart of things, dispense with names, with concepts, with expectations and ambitions and differences. Tao and its many manifestations arise from the same source: subtle wonder within mysterious darkness. This is the beginning of all understanding.

Mother, Father, Heart

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Desire, Sin, Enough

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

Taoism, Filling, Ominous

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

Inspirational, Patriotic, Enlightening

Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.

Loss, Hands, Gains

Laozi (1898). “Lao-tze's Tao-teh-king: Chinese-English”

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

Darkness Within, Understanding, Tao Te Ching

Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.

Confused, Confusion, Confusing

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something

Inspirational, Spiritual, Philosophy

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

Taoism, Trying, Quality

I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.

Knowledge, Understanding, Mind

The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.

Cutting, Taoism, Doe

The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.

Leader, Interfere, Superiors

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Change, Life Changing, Acceptance

Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!

Thinking, Differences, Yes And No

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