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How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.
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He who regards many things easy will find many difficulties. Therefore the sage regards things difficult, and consequently never has difficulties.
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I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
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A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.
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Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down the low, it lifts up It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?
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Justice has long arm.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends... then self mastery can be sought.
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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There is no greater crime than desire.
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Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?
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What is well planted will not be uprooted.
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He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
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The high must make the low its base.
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Returning is the movement of the Way.
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Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self then you can truly care for all things.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?
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He who knows others is clever He who knows himself has discernment.
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