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Laozi Quotes - Page 35

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The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

Running, Ego, Groups

Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.

Lying, Generous Spirit, Giving

Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?

Country, People, Taoism

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Helping Others, Giving, Heaven

Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

Busy, Mass, Approach

Who can rest until the moment of action?

Taoism, Action, Moments

The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

Taoism, Sage, Filling

The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

Leadership, Business, Groups

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

Gold, Jade, Tao

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much

Uplifting, Loss, Self

Without going outside, you may know the whole world!

Chinese, World, May

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.

Mean, Perception, Identity

Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.

People, Plans, Knows

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Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.

Heart, Men, Hunting

A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. A brave and calm man will always preserve life. Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

Men, Two, Brave

Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

Feelings, Taoism, Able

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

War, Funeral, Sorrow

The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day without leaving home. However splendid the views, she stays serenely in herself. Why should the lord of the country flit about like a fool? If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are.

Country, Moving, Home

The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.

Water, Way To Live, Benefits

There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.

Heaven, Taoism, Earth

The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.

Taoism, Sage, Belly

Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.

Strong, Water, Overcoming

If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

Kings, Taoism, Might

Words spoken about the Way have no taste. When looked at, there's not enough to see. When listened to, there's not enough to hear. When used, it is never exhausted.

Taoism, Way, Taste

Those who know when it is enough will not perish.

Taoism, Enough, Knows

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