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All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.

Laozi

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Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you.
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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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Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
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Going forward seems like retreat.
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The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed thus his spirit never grows old.
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Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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To know yet to think that one does not know is best Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
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A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step - Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.
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Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.
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Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?
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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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The most straight seems curved.
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A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.
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The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
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