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Be who you are, and go the whole way.
Laozi
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When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.
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The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.
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The high must make the low its base.
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True words aren't eloquent eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.
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My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.
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Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion.
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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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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.
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The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.
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Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs.
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We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.
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Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.
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