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Laozi Quotes about Love

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Love, Inspirational, Life

Give up your relentless moralizing, the continual pinpricks which pierce the skin of your fellows. The distinction between good and evil is the sickness of the mind. Give up your morals, and the people will regain a love of their fellows.

Love, Giving Up, People

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Love, Anniversary, Taoism

Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... 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.

Love, Self, World

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.

Love, Inspirational, Blocked

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Love, Wisdom, Passion

Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes closest to the way.

Love, Water, Way

Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.11, Chinese University Press

Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

Love, Self, Taoism

The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.

Love, Jewels, Clothes

Laozi (1959). “Tao Tê Ching: A New Translation”

When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.

Love, Heart, People

By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.

Love, Kindness, Men

Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances complete it. That is why every being spontaneously honors the Tao. The Tao gives birth to all beings, nourishes them, maintains them, cares for them, comforts them, protects them, takes them back to itself, creating without possessing, acting without expecting, guiding without interfering. That is why love of the Tao is in the very nature of things.

Love, Spring, Expression

He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.

Love, Doe, Disputes

In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.

Love, Heart, Men

Laozi (2015). “Tao Te Ching”, p.79, Booklassic

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Love, Witty, Humorous

"Analects of Confucius". 475–221 BC.

Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.

Love, Death, Links

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

Love, Age, Golden

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Love, Inspirational, Lying

"An Essential Part of Being'" by Brian Weatherley, November 12, 2010.

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