Laozi Quotes, Perfect Quotes, Taoism Quotes

As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

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Build up virtue, and you master all.

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When two opposing sides meet in battle, the one without an enemy will be victorious.

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Conduct your triumph as a funeral.

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If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

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Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted. They do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit. They do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.

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The very highest is barely known. Then comes that which people know and love, Then that which is feared, Then that which is despised. Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

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

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The progress of the Way seems retreating.

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When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

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How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

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The words of truth are always paradoxical.

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When the ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up," they weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.

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The most fundamental seems fickle.

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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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Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.

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Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.

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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.

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There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.

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