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The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good. The best leader follows the will of the people. All of the embody the virtue of non-competition. Not that they don't love to compete, but they do it in the spirit of play. In this they are like children and in harmony with the Tao.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Excellent conquerors do not engage.
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Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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He who is contented is rich.
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There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.
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A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.
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Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
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Good walking leaves no track behind it.
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I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind.
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The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.
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The mystical techniques for achieving immortality are revealed only to those who have dissolved all ties to the gross worldly realm of duality, conflict, and dogma. As long as your shallow worldly ambitions exist, the door will not open.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.
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Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion.
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