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Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang

Laozi

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Laozi
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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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Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.
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The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.
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Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.
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What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.
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Stillness is the ruler of haste.
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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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All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.
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The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.
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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.
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To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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