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Quote Left The best [man] is like water.
Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.
It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain.
This is why it is so near to Tao.
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Quote Left 'Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them. Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity and, if compelled, will use them only with the utmost restraint. Peace is his highest value. If the peace has been shattered, how can he be content? His enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. He doesn't wish them personal harm. Nor does he rejoice in victory. How could he rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? He enters a battle gravely, with sorrow and with great compassion, as if he were attending a funeral.' Quote Right
Quote Left Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about other people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. Quote Right
Quote Left All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object. Though, like objects, he has form and semblance, He is not limited to form. He is more. He can attain to formlessness. When he is beyond form and semblance, beyond this and that, where is the comparison with another object? Where is the conflict? What can stand in his way? He will rest in his eternal place which is no-place. He will be hidden in his own unfathomable secret. His nature sinks to its root in the One. His vitality, his power hide in secret Tao. Quote Right
Quote Left Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven. Quote Right
Quote Left Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness.' Quote Right
Quote Left The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao. Quote Right
Quote Left Learning builds daily accumulation, but the practice of Tao builds daily simplification. Simplify and simplify, until all contamination from relative, contridictory thinking is eliminated. Then one does nothing, yet nothing is left undone. One who wins the world does so by not meddling with it. One who meddles with the world loses it. Quote Right
Quote Left Learning builds daily accumulation, but the prictice of Tao builds daily simplification. Simplify and simplify, until all contamination from relative, contridictory thinking is eliminated. Then one does nothing, yet nothing is left undone. One who wins the world does so by not meddling with it. One who meddles with the world loses it. Quote Right
Quote Left The best man is like water. Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao. Quote Right
Quote Left Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom; mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. If you stay in the center and embrace death with your whole heart, you will endure forever. Quote Right
Quote Left The more you know, the less you understand. Quote Right
Quote Left The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. Quote Right
Quote Left When the highest type of men hear Tao,
They diligently practice it.
When the average type of men hear Tao,
They half believe in it.
When the lowest type of men hear Tao,
They laugh heartily at it.
Without the laugh, there is no Tao.
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Quote Left Doing stuff is over rated, look at Hitler. He did stuff but don't we all wish he would have sayed home and gotten high? Quote Right
Quote Left It is only by not trusting that you turn someone into a liar. Quote Right
Quote Left The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
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Quote Left When the highest type of men hear Tao, They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it. Quote Right

Member Quotes About Tao

Quote Left Bund me pechay say danda Daina bura baat larna hai to time batao date batao shooter ka name waldiyat or address bhi Batao plz. Quote Right
Quote Left Ham hain Sain hamain Tekay na lagao, Jo baat chupa rahay ho wo baat batao. Quote Right
Quote Left For the Taoist, what most others call Silly is their form of Serious. When I seem at play I, in fact, may be at 'work.' Quote Right
Quote Left all things are one in the eternal Tao. therefore, to hate another is to hate yourself, and to hate yourself is to cripple your potential. Quote Right
Quote Left Q.Jinnat aur farishtay batini makloq hain ya zahiri makloq hain? Ans.Agar batin mein hain to batini hain agar zahir mein hain to zahiri hain ab ap musalman log batao kay ye batin mein hain ya zahir mein hain kyun kay in baton par ap logon ka Iman hai mein to janab agnostic hun. Quote Right
Quote Left MARANAO QUOTES 8 Ginawa ko Sakn mbo na sa di Matao mBabak na Kitang a Rkiyanon Quote Right
Quote Left MARANAO QUOTES 5 So Basa sa Marantao na igera miyapasad na dapn kalo lo-oki Quote Right
Quote Left MARANAO QUOTES 1 Di Kadn Zana Sa Tao, Na Sana Ka Sa Ginawa Pangnalangka pasin na dika phaN'ndi Sndit Quote Right

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