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Wisdom of China: Laozi This brief documentary introduces Laozi (Lao Tzu), who, according to tradition, was an ancient philosopher who founded Daoism (Taoism) and wrote the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), the "Classic of the Way and Virtue." youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?... #philosophy #Laozi #PhilosophySky

Wisdom of China: Laozi

i have depicted you as a confucian

https://quokk.au/c/philosophymemes/p/676354/i-have-depicted-you-as-a-confucian

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

Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.

Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.
The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit.
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefore it lasts forever.

Lao Tzu — Tao Te Ching
// Translated by: Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English

#laotzu #Laozi #tao #dao

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

Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.

Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.
The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit.
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefore it lasts forever.

Lao Tzu — Tao Te Ching
// Translated by: Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English

#laotzu #Laozi #tao #dao

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TAO: The Full Return To Nature

An obsession with success is also an obsession with failure.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Verse 13 (paraphrase) #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #Laozi #Daodejing #Dao #Daoism #Daoist

"Rather than pour into a cup that overflowed, It is better to stop it." - #Laozi #Daodejing ch 9 #Dao #Daoist #Daoism #Laotzu #Taoteching #Taoism #Tao #Taoist

"Great support seems deficient,
Employed it will not collapse;
Great buoyancy seems empty,
Utilized it will not be exhausted.
Great honesty seems corrupt,
Great skills seem incompetent,
Great orations seem inarticulate."

-- #Laozi #Daodejing, Ch 45, tr by Wikisource #Dao #Daoism #Daoist

Victory comes from lying perfectly still and waiting for power to come your way.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Verse 61 tr Ron Hogan #Laozi #Daodejing #Dao #Daoism #Daoist #Tao #Taoism #Taoist

Knowing when you have enough avoids dishonor, and knowing when to stop will keep you from danger.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Vs 44 tr J. H. McDonald #Laozi #Daodejing #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #Dao #Daoism #Daoist

When you try too hard, you defeat your own purpose. Cling to stuff, and you will suffer loss. The Masters make no effort, so they never fail. They aren't attached to things, so they never feel loss.
— #LaoTzu #TaoTeChing Vs 64 tr. Ron Hogan #Laozi #Daodejing #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #Dao #Daoism #Daoist

The greater the attachment, the more acute the suffering. The greater the hoard, the more damaging the loss.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Verse 44 tr. Oliver Benjamin

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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
— #LaoTzu

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Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
— #LaoTzu #TaoTeChing, Verse 44 tr Mitchell #Laozi #Daodejing #Tao #Taoist #Taoism #Dao #Daoist #Daoism.

Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.
— Gia-Fu Feng, #TaoTeChing, Verse 13 #Daodejing #LaoTzu #Laozi #Tao #Dao #Taoist #Daoist #Taoism #Daoism

Accept being unimportant.
— Gia-Fu Feng, #TaoTeChing by #Laozi, Verse 13

#Daodejing #LaoTzu #Tao #Dao #Daoism #Taoism #Daoist #Taoist

Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. Therefore the sage embraces the One, And becomes the model of the world.

#Daodejing, Ch. 22: Tr. by D.C. Lau #TaoTeChing #Dao #Tao #Daoism #Taoism #Laozi #LaoTzu

The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings.
— Stephen Mitchell, #TaoTeChing, Verse 50

#Dao #Tao #Daoism #Taoism #Daoist #Taoist #Daodejing #Laozi #LaoTzu

Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward.
— Gia-Fu Feng, #daodejing, Verse 45

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Water is like the #Tao and flows without thinking about where it is going.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Verse 8

#Laozi #Daodejing #dao #daoist #daoism #taoist #taoism #wuwei

There is no greater illusion than fear.
— Stephen Mitchell, #TaoTeChing, Verse 46

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Be like the #Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.
— Stephen Mitchell, #TaoTeChing, Verse 56

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The master allows all things to happen. She shapes events as they come. She steps out of the way and lets the Tao speak for itself.
— Stephen Mitchell, #TaoTeChing, Verse 45

#dao #tao #daoist #taoist #daoism #taoism #daodejing #LaoTzu #laozi

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"It is difficult for the people to be governed because of the reckless example of the rulers; hypocrites cannot maintain order in the atmosphere of disrespect they themselves created."
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