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Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.

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Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them, but it is in their nature.

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Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion.

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Appetite for food and sex is nature.

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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.

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The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

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Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

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To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we are sick of the sickness Shall we cease to be sick. The Sage is not sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.

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Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

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When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.

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When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

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When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.

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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.

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He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.

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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. When rich speculators prosper While farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn- all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao.

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Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. I wish you Happy New Year and diary full of best stories ever written in your life.

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People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.

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Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

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