Quotes about Taoism

Laozi

Philosopher

Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.

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Laozi

Philosopher

When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome.

Overcome - Taoism - Virtue

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Zhuangzi

Actress, Philosopher, Philosopher

You are still guided by your expectations.

Expectation - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

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

Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.

Abandonment - Benevolence - Righteousness - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

Actions - Compassion - Enemy - Life - Patience - Patient - Philosophy - Reconciling - Return - Simple - Spiritual - Taoism - Treasure - World

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Laozi

Philosopher

If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.

Belief - Slavery - Taoism - Worrying

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Zhuangzi

Actress, Philosopher, Philosopher

By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind.

Crime - Ethics - Facts - Mankind - Morals - Principle - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

The best fighter is never angry.

Anger - Fighting - Inspiration - Motivation - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

Taoism - Whole - World

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Laozi

Philosopher

Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.

Heavens - People - Taoism

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Zhuangzi

Actress, Philosopher, Philosopher

Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.

Mindset - Soul - Taoism - Trial

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Laozi

Philosopher

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Actions - Becoming - Character - Destiny - Enlightenment - Habit - Motivation - Philosophy - Smart - Taoism - Watching - Wisdom

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Laozi

Philosopher

Thorn bushes grow where armies have camped.

Army - Growing - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

Enough - Generosity - Giving - Man - Taoism - World

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Laozi

Philosopher

The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.

Death - Taoism - Violence

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Zhuangzi

Actress, Philosopher, Philosopher

When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.

Attachment - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

The most eloquent seems to stutter.

Eloquence - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.

Compassion - Home - Taoism

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Laozi

Philosopher

Return animosity with virtue.

Animosity - Compassion - Return - Taoism - Virtue

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