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Use your light, but dim your brightness.

Laozi

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Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.
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There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.
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At the center of your being you have the answer you know who you are and you know what you want.
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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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He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.
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Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
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He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
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To lead, one must follow.
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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
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Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.
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