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Laozi Quotes - Page 52

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It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

Yield, Tao, Fitting

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man's charge?

Teacher, Men, Good Man

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.

Pain, Heart, Smell

Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.

Cutting, Dwelling, Space

To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

Men, Would Be, Delight

Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.31, Booklassic

Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

Block, Humility, Honor

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand in fear, Worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, The people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Inspirational, Government, People

You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.

Country, Should, Fishes

It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

Beauty, Ideas, Heaven

Heaven is eternal and Earth everlasting. They can be eternal and everlasting because they do not exist for themselves, And for this reason can exist forever.

Forever, Heaven, Earth

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

Leadership, Subjects, Rulers

Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.31, Chinese University Press

The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.

People, Suffering, Taxes

Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu (2006). “The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism”, p.100, Lulu.com

Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel.

Wheels, Spokes, Hub

A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.

Time, Stories, Earth

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

To lead people, walk behind them.

Leadership, Business, People

Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

Men, Birth, Rigidity

Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?

Patience, Waiting, Mud

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Love, Inspirational, Lying

"An Essential Part of Being'" by Brian Weatherley, November 12, 2010.

Obscure, like muddy waters.

Water, Taoism, Obscure

The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

Long Ago, Taoism, World

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

Order, Profound, Taoism

Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.

Writing, People, Taoism

Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.

People, Taoism, Tasks

Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?

Heaven, Taoism, Gates Of Heaven

Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?

Baby, Taoism, Newborn

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