Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"The way begets one; one begets two; two begets three;
three begets the myriad creatures."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, XLII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"There is no crime greater than having too many
     desires;
There is no greater disaster than not being content."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, XLVI), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963)

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, LX), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his
subjects...
When his task is accomplished and his work done
The people all say, 'It happened to us naturally.'"

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XVII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"The sage knows without having to stir,
Identifies without having to see,
Accomplishes without having to act."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, XLVII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"The way never acts yet nothing is left undone."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, XLIV), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"Know when to stop
And you will meet with no danger.
You can then endure."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, XLIV), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"I do my utmost to attain emptiness;
I hold firmly to stillness.
The myriad of creatures all rise together
And I watch their return."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XVI), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963). 

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Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"The net of heaven is cast wide. Though the mish is not
fine, yet nothing ever slips through."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, LXXIII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"I alone am inactive and reveal no signs,
Like a baby that has not yet learned to smile,
Listless as though with no home to go back to.
The multitude all have more than enough.
I alone seem to be in want."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XX), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963). 

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Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"The reason I have great trouble is that I have a body. When I no longer have a body, what trouble have I?"

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XIII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

"Turning back is how the ways moves;
Weakness is the means the way employs.
The myriad creatures in the world are born from Some-
thing, and Something from Nothing."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, XL), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tau (c. 6th-5th Century BCE)

"The Way is broad, reaching left as well as right.
The myriad of creatures depend onitfor life yet it claims no authority.
It accomplishes its task yet lays claim to no merit.
It clothes and feeds the myriad of creatures yet lays no claim to being their master."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XXXIV), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963). 

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Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"To be overbearing when one has wealth and position
Is to bring calamity upon oneself."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, IX), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963). 

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Lao Tzu (6th and 5th century BCE)

"The way is to the world as the River and the Sea are to
rivulets and streams."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XXXII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (c. 6th and 5th cenuries BCE)

"The way gives them life;
Virtue rears them;
Things give them shape;
Circumstances bring them to maturity."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book Two, LI), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (6th Century BCE)

"He who tiptoes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XXIV), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)

"Man models himself on earth,
Earth on heaven,
Heaven on the way,
And the way on that which is naturally so."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XXV), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963). 

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Lao Tzu (6th-5th Century BCE Chinese philosopher and theologian)

"Exhibit the unadorned and embrace the uncarved block,
Have little thought of self an as few desires as
     possible."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XIX), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (Chinese philosopher and Daoist theologian, lived around the 6th and 5th century BCE)

"There is a thing confusedly formed,
Born before heaven and earth.
Silent and void
It stands alone and does not change,
Goes round and does not weary."

• From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (Book One, XXV), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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