"The reason for great distress is the body.……" — Laozi

"The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?"

Body Quotes Body Without Quotes Distress Quotes Great Quotes Great Distress Quotes Reason Quotes Taoism Quotes

1,065 Quotes by Laozi

Laozi has 1,065 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall…
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he…
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams…
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…

See all 1,065 quotes by Laozi »

More Body Quotes

This quote is filed under Body Quotes, one of 12,166 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure… — Aristotle
If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the… — M H Abrams
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa… — Chinua Achebe
Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All… — Saint Augustine

See all 12,166 Body Quotes »