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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.
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Can you be still and look inside?If so, then you know the truth is always available, and always responsive.
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The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.
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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
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As for the proper way: it is the beginning of disorder.
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The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
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Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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The sturdiest virtue seems fragile.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.
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Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.
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Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick then you can move toward health.
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The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.
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Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
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There is no greater crime than desire.
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The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers It speaks not, but all is made clear It summons not, but its house is crowded It contrives not, but the design is perfect.
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If you really want everything, then give up everything.
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