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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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Obscure, like muddy waters.
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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
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Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.
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Dignified, like a guest.
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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical. To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will never desert him. He returns to the state of a little child.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
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Words spoken about the Way have no taste. When looked at, there's not enough to see. When listened to, there's not enough to hear. When used, it is never exhausted.
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The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
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Why are the people starving?- Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes That's why they're starving Why are people rebellious?- Because those above them meddle in their lives That's why they're rebellious Why do people regard death so lightly?- Because they are so involved with their own living That's why they regard death so lightly In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
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He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.
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Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.
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Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.
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Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.
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Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs.
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