Laozi quotes - page 8

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked. (Laozi)
If good happens, good; if bad happens, good. View quote
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The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery. View quote
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... learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm. View quote
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... The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm. View quote
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Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union. View quote
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Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear. View quote
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Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery. View quote
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From of old 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. View quote
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The Tao's principle is spontaneity. View quote
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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. (Laozi)
No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth. View quote
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The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being. View quote
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By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal. View quote
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(The Tao) is always present and always available.... If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere, even in the most ordinary things. View quote
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To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need. View quote
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The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling. View quote
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao. View quote
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Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility. View quote
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To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness. View quote
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When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao. (Laozi)
Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. But spiritual insight transcends death. View quote
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From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not. View quote
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All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being. View quote
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He who is attached to things will suffer much. View quote
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