Laozi — Philosophical Quotes

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Laozi Quotes

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Laozi

Philosopher

Philosophical

“If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?”

People Law Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

Philosophical

“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.”

Perfect Balance Taoism

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“Being is born of not being.”

Born

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Philosophical

“The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.”

Way Taoism

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“Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.”

People Self Ambition

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Philosophical

“We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.”

Giving Names Desire

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Philosophical

“Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.”

Lost Greed

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“Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.”

Self Simple

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“The value of actions lies in their timing.”

Lying Action

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“The highest tone is hard to hear.”

Hard Taoism

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Philosophical

“Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.”

White Black

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Philosophical

“Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.”

Virtue Thieves

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