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Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.

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Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

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Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not.

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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.

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True humility involves opposites. The truly humble work in silence. Because they do not speak of their accomplishments, credit for them can never be taken away.

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The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

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Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.

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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

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The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.

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When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.

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Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

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The sage acts by doing nothing.

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Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.

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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be.

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Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit, and there won't be any thieves. If these three aren't enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course.

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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

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What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.

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Meandering leads to perfection.

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Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.

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