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Tao Te Ching
THE TAOISM OF LAO TZU
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The Book
Fake Lao Tzu QuotesErroneous Tao Te Ching Citations ExaminedLao Tzu was the legendary writer of Tao Te Ching. There are lots of quotes falsely ascribed to him. This book goes through 90 of those that are spread the most in books and on the web.
In this Internet era, it is important to keep a skeptic mind to the sensational claims appearing on the web. That also goes for quotes from famous people of the present and the past. A popular meme jokes about this: Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying that quotes on the Internet are often fake. Indeed they are. One legendary mind of the past has been the victim of it more than most: Lao Tzu, the legendary first Taoist and author of Tao Te Ching. And that is far from only on the Internet. He has often been misquoted also in books, for the past hundred years or so. Some of the fake quotes are close to what Lao Tzu stated in his book, whereas others are absurdly impossible to put in his mouth with any credibility. So, he is a good example of how a skeptical reader can go about testing a quote’s authenticity, to whomever it is accredited. We can learn about Taoism also from words falsely claimed to be his. By recognizing the fakes, we get more familiar with what the true messages of Lao Tzu were, and how he worded them.
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Table of the Book's ContentsIntroduction 9Fake Lao Tzu quotes 18 A good traveler has no fixed plans 20 A man with outward courage 25 Act without expectation 28 An ant on the move 33 As soon as you have made a thought 35 At the center of your being 39 Be careful what you water your dreams 44 Be content with what you have 48 Because of a great love 51 Because one believes in oneself 54 Being deeply loved by someone 56 Can you step back from your own mind 58 Care about what other people think 61 Countless words count less 64 Do you imagine the universe is agitated? 68 Doing nothing is better 71 Embrace all things 73 Emptiness appears barren 77 Every human being’s essential nature 81 Figure out the rhythm of life 84 From wonder into wonder 86 Give evil nothing to oppose 90 He who controls others 94 Health is the greatest possession 98 Highly evolved people 100 Hold your male side 102 Hope and fear are both phantoms 105 If a person seems wicked 108 If there is to be peace 110 If you are depressed 113 If you do not change direction 117 If you realize that all things change 119 If you want to awaken all of humanity 122 If you want to become whole 124 If you would take 126 Kindness in words 129 Knowing others 132 Knowledge is a treasure 135 Leadership 139 Life and death are one thread 142 Life is a series 146 Loss is not as bad 149 Love is a decision 154 Love is of all passions the strongest 156 Make your heart like a lake 158 Man’s enemies are not demons 163 Marriage is three parts love 165 Most of the world’s religions 167 Music in the soul 170 My teachings 174 Nature is not human-hearted 178 New beginnings 181 One cannot reflect 184 One who is too insistent 186 Perfect kindness 189 Quarrel with a friend 192 Respond intelligently 195 Silence is a source 198 Stop leaving 201 Stop thinking 205 Success is as dangerous as failure 208 The best fighter 210 The career of a sage 213 The flame that burns 215 The heart that gives 217 The key to growth 220 The moment truth is asserted 222 The past has no power 226 The reason why the universe is eternal 228 The snow goose need not bathe 232 The soul has no secret 235 The way to do 238 There are many paths 241 There is a time to live 244 There is no illusion 249 Time is a created thing 252 To a mind that is still 255 To hold 258 To see things in the seed 261 To understand the limitation 264 Violence, even well intentioned 267 Watch your thoughts 269 What the caterpillar calls the end 272 When I let go of what I am 275 When pure sincerity forms 277 When the student is ready 279 When you are content 285 When you find the way 287 Why do you run around 290 Your own positive future 292 Literature 296 Index 308
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