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The Way to do is to be.

Laozi

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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.
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So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.
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The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.
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The Tao doesn't take sides it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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Silence is a source of great strenght.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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