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If you tell me, I will listen. If you show me, I will see. If you let me experience, I will learn!

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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
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All things of the world are born of being being is born of nonbeing.
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Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?
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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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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.
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Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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Great, it passes on (in constant flow).
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If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding.
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Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick then you can move toward health.
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Therefore: In dwelling, choose modest quarters, in thinking, value stillness, in dealing with others, be kind, in choosing words, be sincere, in leading, be just, in working, be competent, in acting, choose the correct timing. Follow these words and there will be no error.
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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Man, when living, is soft and tender when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death the soft and tender are parts of life.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.
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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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Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.
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Excellent conquerors do not engage.
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Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life.
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The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.
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