"Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal."
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"The more you know the less you understand."
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"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning."
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"Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there."
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"There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed."
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"Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves."
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"If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place."
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". . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment."
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"Not valuing wealth prevents theft."
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"Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing."
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"Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness"
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"That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space."
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"Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue."
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"All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find the mother, you will be free of sorrow. If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace. Seeing into darkness is clarity. Knowing how to yield is strength. Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity."
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"The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao."
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"That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances."
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"Stillness overcomes heat."
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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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"The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings."
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"All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her."
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