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Water does not force its way.
Laozi
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When taxes are too high, people go hungry.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes.
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Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.
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The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.
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. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.
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A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.
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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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The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
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Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.
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Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.
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The most able seems clumsy.
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Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.
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The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.
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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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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness just realize it.
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Shape clay into a vessel It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there Usefulness from what is not there.
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Those who know do not speak Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.
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Every step is on the path.
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