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If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Silent and uncreated, it creates all things.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
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To attain to the human form must always be a source of joy. And then to undergo continuous transitions, with only the infinite to look forward to: what incomparable bliss is that!
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.
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A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
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Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.
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There is no greater disaster than discontent.
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. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage from economy comes generosity From humility comes leadership.
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Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.
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The one who rules like the mother lasts long.
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The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed thus his spirit never grows old.
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All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.
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If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.
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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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The wise man doesn't compete therefore nobody can compete with him.
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The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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