"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."
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"Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself."
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"Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding."
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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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"The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things."
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"There is no greater disaster than discontent."
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"When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities. There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe."
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"Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings."
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"Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it."
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"Returning is the movement of the Way."
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"He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk."
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"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'"
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"The eternal void is filled with infinite possibilities"
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"A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant."
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"When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever."
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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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"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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"Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?"
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"Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."
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"Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution."
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