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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.
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When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
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Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
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The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao
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When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.
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Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.
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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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He who acts, spoils he who grasps, lets slip.
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The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.
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The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
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Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.
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Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.
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Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.
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When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them leave them alone.
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Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.
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