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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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I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.

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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.

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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

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Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

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The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.

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If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

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Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

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Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.

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People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.

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To be of few words is natural.

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Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.

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What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.

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Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.

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. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.

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Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials.

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Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

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The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.

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The net of heaven is very wide in its meshes, and yet it misses nothing.

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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.

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