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Laozi

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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.
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Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.
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Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious.
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When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.
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The more we give to others, the more we are increased.
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When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'.
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The one who rules like the mother lasts long.
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He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground.
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One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Deal with the small before it becomes large.
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Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.
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. . . Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom.
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{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.
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The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.
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A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.
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Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.
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There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It could be the mother of everything. Not knowing its name, I call it Tao.
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These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.
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