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My words are easy to understand and easy to perform, Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.

Laozi

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When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, It happened to us naturally.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
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Observe how endings become beginnings.
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Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.
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In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!
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The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.
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Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.
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The truth often sounds paradoxical.
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Searching for precious goods leads astray.
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Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.
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