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The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised ... The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!
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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.
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The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).
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The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.
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The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.
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Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
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The Tao is like a well used but never used up.
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To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.
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People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
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The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.
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Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.
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Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.
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The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.
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Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.
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One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much
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The brittle is easy to shatter.
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