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Heaven and earth Quotes by Laozi

56 Heaven and earth quotes by Laozi

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The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth, and Laozi says the Tao is motionless, eternal, and unchanged. He points out that many religions cling to false concepts like self and other, while the great Way is simple and easy. He advises staying centered when things are out of balance.

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The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

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The Tao's principle is spontaneity.

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The Tao of the sage is work without effort.

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If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

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The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao

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The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

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The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao.

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Yielding is the way of the Tao.

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Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them.

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The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.

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The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the…

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Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to…

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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

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The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

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Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

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Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

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Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes…

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If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew…

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(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will…

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No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within…

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The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within…

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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make…

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The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows…

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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does…

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There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical…

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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…

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The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a…

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There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes;…

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The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite?…

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. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to…

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True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked.…

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The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within…

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The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in…

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The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine…

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Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical…

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There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is…

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Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed…

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The Tao is told is not the Tao.

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Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.

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

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