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The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.

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The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

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A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and if that step is the right step, it becomes the last step.

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The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.

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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

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To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.

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A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.

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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

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Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.

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These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

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The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.

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To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

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When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.

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The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface.

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If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

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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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Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

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