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If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

Laozi

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Laozi
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The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.
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The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.
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Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.
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Must one dread what others dread?
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Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
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The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.
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Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in perfect equanimity if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.
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Kindness in words creates confidence.
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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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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.
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By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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The truth often sounds paradoxical.
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If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.
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The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.
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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
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