Heaven Quotes by Lao Tzu

8 Heaven quotes by Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu’s eight terse sayings on heaven capture the Taoist calm in a few strokes. The minimalism of the set mirrors his teaching that the ultimate is often beyond words.

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Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The…

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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is…

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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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“Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there…

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There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does…

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“Heaven's net is wide, but its mesh is fine”

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“Heaven which by it is bright and pure;”

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“May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows?”

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“Gravity is the root of lightness;”

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“Therefore the Tao is great;”

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“Not seeking, not expecting, she is present, and can welcome all things.”

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“What all men fear is indeed to be feared;”

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“Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.”

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“This is what is called 'The mysterious Quality' (of the Tao).”

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“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no…

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“The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel…

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“To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a…

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“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is…

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“If you are depressed, you are living in the past; if you are anxious, you are living in the present; if you are at…

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“Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim. With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their…

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“When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe.”

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“We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.”

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