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When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.
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He does not seek glory - yet people respect him.
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Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called enlightened.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
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The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.
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Appetite for food and sex is nature.
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Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
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When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.
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Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.
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The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.
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Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?
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The more you know the less you understand.
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There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It could be the mother of everything. Not knowing its name, I call it Tao.
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Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
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Without going outside, you may know the whole world!
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Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.
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First and last follow each other.
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