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The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.

The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.

Laozi
Teaching, Taoism, World

My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

Laozi
Teaching, Heart, Practice

Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.

Laozi
Teaching, Talent, Notes
Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily, I will make it the root of my teaching.

Laozi
Teaching, Humility, Roots

When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. Therefore the Master steps back so that people won't be confused. He teaches without a teaching, so that people will have nothing to learn.

Laozi
Confused, Teaching, People

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."

Laozi
Teaching, People, Leader

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.

Laozi
Teaching, Pathways, Virtue

Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.

Laozi
Giving Up, Teaching, Trouble
Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the Master's way.

Laozi
Teaching, Space, Overcoming

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