Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Principles Quotes

The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

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The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.

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One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.

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Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.

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Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

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The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.

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Human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless.

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He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.

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The great image lacks shape.

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Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

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The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you will ruin it. If you try to own it you will lose it

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Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.

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The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

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There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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Yielding is the way of the Tao.

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He who is contented is rich.

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You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.

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Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there.

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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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