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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

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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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The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

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Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?

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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

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Be who you are, and go the whole way.

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Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. 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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When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.

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When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.

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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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The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

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Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

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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 surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.

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By letting go, it all gets done.

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Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.

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Yielding is the manner of the Way.

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Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them.

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The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.

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