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Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.
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All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
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The separate parts make no carriage.
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If you never assume importance, you never lose it.
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Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.
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The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
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The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.
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Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
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The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.
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One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.
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Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
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The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
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First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.
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Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.
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The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.
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The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day without leaving home. However splendid the views, she stays serenely in herself. Why should the lord of the country flit about like a fool? If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are.
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From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.
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The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.
Lao Tzu