Best Taoism Quotations
548 Taoism quotes by 22 unique authors
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The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.
— Laozi
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The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.
— Laozi
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Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.
— Laozi
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If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
— Laozi
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Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.
— Laozi
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When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.
— Laozi
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Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.
— Laozi
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The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.
— Laozi
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Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.
— Laozi
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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 more comes out…
— Laozi
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All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.
— Laozi
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All things flourish, and each returns to its source.
— Laozi
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Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.
— Laozi
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If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?
— Laozi
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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.
— Laozi
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What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.
— Laozi
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If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.
— Laozi
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All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.
— Laozi
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Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them, but…
— Laozi
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The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.
— Laozi
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Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.
— Laozi
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The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.
— Laozi
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
— Laozi
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When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.
— Laozi
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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
— Laozi
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Who Wrote These Taoism Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 548 Taoism Quotes as follows: