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Laozi
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
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Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.
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ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.
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Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?
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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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What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.
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If you would take, you must first give.
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The things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear Earth by unity has become steady The Spirit by unity has become spiritual The Valley by unity has become full All things by unity have come into existence.
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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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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.
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The most eloquent seems to stutter.
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Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.
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Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea.
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Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.
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How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.
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Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.
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The Way to do is to be.
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True words aren't eloquent eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.
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