"Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through."
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"Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs."
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"Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive."
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"What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult."
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"Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it."
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"To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen."
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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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"Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment."
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"Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure."
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"Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people."
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"When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation."
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"To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way."
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"It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists."
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"Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?"
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"The tree looks like a dog, barking at heaven."
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"Divorces are made in heaven."
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""Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information." "I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand." "Good Heavens! Is marriage so demoralizing as that?" "I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person.""
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"Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish the gods Themselves are cherished."
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"Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty."
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"There is a god within us, and the heavens Have intercourse with earth; from realms above That spirit comes."
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