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Classic quotes from the Tao Te Ching

1 Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, and two Give birth to three, and three gives rise to all things. All things bear yin and embrace yang, and the energy is in harmony.

2 What is evil about people is being lonely, widowed, and lacking in grain, but the princes think they are famous.

3 What others teach, I also teach. Those who are strong will not be allowed to die, and I will be their godfather.

4 The most soft in the world, the most strong in the world. Nothing enters the realm of infinity, so I know that nothingness is beneficial.

5 Teaching without words and doing nothing will bring benefits that the world can hope for.

6 Who is the relative between name and body? Which one is more, body and goods? Which disease is gain or loss?

7 If you love too much, you will spend a lot of money; if you hide too much, you will die richly. Therefore, if you know what is enough, you will not be disgraced, and if you know how to stop, you will not perish, and you can last a long time.

8 If a great achievement is missing, its use will not be harmful. If there is a big surplus, it will be of endless use. Great straightness is like bending, great skill is like clumsiness, great debate is like indifference.

9 Quietness beats impatience, cold beats heat. Tranquility is the righteousness of the world.

10 There is a way in the world, but it is just a matter of dung. There is no way in the world, and soldiers and horses are born in the suburbs.

11 The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao. Famous, very famous. The nameless beginning of heaven and earth; the named mother of all things.

12 The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest millimeter; the nine-story platform starts from tired soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

13 Therefore, the Tao is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and people are also big. There are four major ones in the domain, and humans live in one of them.

14 The best is like water. Water is good for all things and does not compete with it. It is disliked by everyone, so it is close to the Tao.

15 Man follows the earth, earth follows the heaven, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

Selected

1 All things in the world are born from existence, and existence is born from nothingness.

2 Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, but this is evil. Everyone knows that good is good, but this is not good.

3 From birth to death. Three out of ten people will be affected by life; three out of ten people will be affected by death; and three out of ten people will be affected by death.

4 Existence and non-being complement each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short complement each other, high and low complement each other, sounds harmonize with each other, and front and rear follow each other. Heng Ye.

5 If you don’t respect the virtuous, the people will not fight; if you don’t value hard-to-find goods, the people will not steal; if you don’t see the desirable, the people will not be confused. Therefore, the rule of the sage is to make his heart weak, his belly strong, his ambition weak, and his bones strong. It often makes people ignorant and desireless. A wise man would not dare to do anything. If you do nothing, everything will be cured.

6 The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as gullible dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the common people as gullible dogs.

7 It is better to stay focused than to talk too much.

8 People are weak in life and strong in death. Plants and trees are soft and brittle when they are alive, and they are withered when they die. Therefore, the strong are the disciples of death, and the weak are the disciples of life. Therefore, if the army is strong, it will be destroyed, and if the wood is strong, it will be broken. The strong is at the bottom, the weak is at the top.

9 The way of heaven is like a bow and a bow. Those who are high suppress it, and those who are low lift it. Those who have more will lose it, and those who have less will make up for it. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage. This is not the case in the way of man. The loss is not enough and there is more than enough. Who has enough to serve the world, only the Taoist.

10 Sages are often careless and take the hearts of the people as their heart.

11 I will be good to those who are good; I will also be good to those who are not good; virtue is good. Those who believe, I believe; those who do not believe, I also believe; virtue is trustworthy.

12 Tao is born, virtue is the animal, things are shaped, and potential is formed. Therefore, all things respect Tao and value virtue.

13 The respect of Tao, the nobility of virtue, and the fate of the husband are always natural. Therefore, Tao gives birth to it, virtue brings it to animals; grows it and nurtures it; matures it and matures it; nourishes it and overturns it. Born without being, doing without relying on, growing without killing. It is called Xuande.

14 Cultivate it in the body, and its virtue will be true; cultivate it in the family, and its virtue will be residual; cultivate it in the village, and its virtue will be long; cultivate it in the country, and its virtue will be rich; cultivate it in the world, and its virtue will be abundant. Naipu. Therefore, observe the body through the body, observe the family through the family, observe the township through the township, observe the state through the state, and observe the world through the world. How can I know what is going on in the world? This is how I know what is going on in the world.

15 The more you learn, the more you gain. The more you learn, the more you lose. Damage after damage, to the point of doing nothing.

Highlights

1 There is no greater disaster than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy will cost us our treasure. Therefore, if the resistance is similar, the one who mourns will win.

2 People often succeed and fail in their pursuits. If you are as careful as you are at the end, you will never fail.

3 Those who were good in ancient times would not enlighten the people, but they would make them stupid. The people are difficult to govern because of their wisdom. Therefore, if you govern a country with wisdom, you will be a traitor to the country; if you do not govern a country with wisdom, you will be a blessing to the country.

4 The reason why Jianghai can be the king of a hundred grains is because he is good at controlling it. Therefore, if a sage wants to lead the people, he must speak to the people; if he wants to precede the people, he must speak to the people behind him. Therefore, when a sage is at the top, the people do not take him seriously, and when he is at the front, the people do not harm him. Therefore, the world is happy to push forward and never tire of it. Because he does not fight, no one in the world can fight with him.

5 If the people are not afraid of authority, great authority will prevail.

6 I have the Three Treasures, hold on to them and protect them. The first is compassion, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world.

7 Good things happen to the left, bad things happen to the right. The general on the left is on the left, and the general on the right is on the right. It is said that they will be treated as funerals. Those who kill people should mourn and weep, and those who are victorious should be given funeral rites.

8 The heaven and the earth are united to bring down nectar, and the people will not be ordered to do so but will be even.

9 There is a name in the beginning, and the name is already there. You will also know the stop, and knowing the stop can not be destroyed.

10 For example, the Tao is in the world, just like the rivers and valleys are in the rivers and seas.

11 He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. He who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong. He who is content is rich. The strong have the will. Those who do not lose their place will last forever. He who dies but does not die will live longer. Because in the end he does not think he is great, he can become great.

12 If you want to eliminate something, you must expand it; if you want to weaken it, you must strengthen it; if you want to destroy it, you must strengthen it; if you want to take it, you must strengthen it. It's called twilight.

13 Weakness is better than strength. Fish cannot be escaped from the abyss, and the sharp weapons of the country cannot be shown to others.

14 The Tao is always doing nothing but doing everything.

15 If you are virtuous, you are virtuous; if you are virtuous, you are not virtuous, so you are virtuous. The superior virtue does nothing but thinks; the inferior virtue does nothing but thinks. The superior benevolence does it without thinking; the superior righteousness does it without thinking. If you don't respond to the gift, you will throw it away. Therefore, losing virtue will lead to virtue, losing virtue will lead to benevolence, losing benevolence will lead to righteousness, and losing righteousness will lead to propriety.

16 There is no greater disaster than dissatisfaction; no greater fault than desire. Therefore, knowing what is enough is always enough.

17 A man who is polite and loyal will lead to chaos.

18 In the past, those who got one: the sky got one for purity; the earth got one for peace; the gods got one for spirit; the grain got one for life; the prince got one for the world to be right.

19 When a sergeant hears the Tao, he practices it diligently; when a sergeant hears the Tao, he either survives or perishes; when a corporal hears the Tao, he laughs. Not smiling is not enough for the Tao. Therefore, there are some suggestions: The way to know is like ignorance; the way to advance is like retreat; the way to be unreasonable is like □; the superior virtue is like valley; the wide virtue is like insufficient; the virtue is like stealing; the quality is like being honest; the truth is like humiliation; the generosity has no corner; the great talent is late; the great sound is great. Xisheng; the elephant is invisible; the Tao is nameless.

20 Do nothing and do everything. To conquer the world, it is often necessary to have nothing to do, and even if there is something to do, it is not enough to conquer the world.

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