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Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.
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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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To lead people walk behind them.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. Therefore the Master steps back so that people won't be confused. He teaches without a teaching, so that people will have nothing to learn.
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Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get full eating this way.
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Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world.
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One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
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The wise man knows he doesn't know.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.
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Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.
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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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The world is won by those who let it go.
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It is hidden but always present.
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