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Laozi Quotes - Page 24

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Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the

Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.

Character, Sage, Easy

My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me.

Knowledge, People, Taoism

The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.

Simple, Problem, Affair

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

Inspirational, Giving Up, Enough

The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.

Humble, Attention, Done

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.

Heaven, Taoism, Triumph

He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

Pride, Honor, Wealth

The things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear; Earth by unity has become steady; The Spirit by unity has become spiritual; The Valley by unity has become full; All things by unity have come into existence.

Spiritual, Hurt, Heaven

Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching”

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Leadership, People, Confusion

We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful.

Doors, Space, Clay

Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.

Knowing, Taoism, Clarity

The good leader carries water for his people.

People, Water, Leader

Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

Moving, Rivers, Mountain

Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral

Peace, Compassion, Men

Those who show off do not shine.

Shining, Taoism, Shows

Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.

Fate, Taoism, Source

The best way to carve is not to split.

Taoism, Splits, Way

The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.

Letting Go, Men, Everyday

Kindness in giving creates love.

Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.

Self, Achievement, Greed

...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Saints And Sinners

Laozi (2016). “The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition”, p.97, Dudeism LLC

Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

Nature, Remember, Restless

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

The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.

Dwelling, Taoism, Doe

Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.

Humility, Strive, Goodness

All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.

Taoism, Yang, Harmony

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