Heaven Quotes by Laozi

What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult.

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To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.

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When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.

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Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through.

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Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.

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It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

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In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint.

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Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.

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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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Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with…

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Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

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Heaven is eternal and Earth everlasting. They can be eternal and everlasting because they do not exist for themselves, And for this…

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My words are easy to understand and easy to perform, Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.

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Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw…

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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to…

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Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the…

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Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is…

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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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Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The…

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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…

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heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise…

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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 things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear; Earth by unity has become steady; The Spirit…

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Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet…

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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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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.

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The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.

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

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

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Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?

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If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

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In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.

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

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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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The net of heaven is very wide in its meshes, and yet it misses nothing.

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The Way of Heaven does not complete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds…

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Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue…

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Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.

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Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.

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Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of…

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