"Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear."
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"Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."
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"To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay."
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"Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao."
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"What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent."
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"The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be."
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"Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace."
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"The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is better to retreat a yard." This is called going forward without advancing, pushing back without using weapons. There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy. Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil. Thus you destroy your three treasures and become an enemy yourself. When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield."
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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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"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure."
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"Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial."
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"Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not."
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"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."
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"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions."
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"The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue."
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"From wonder into wonder existence opens."
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"Lessen selfishness and restrain desires."
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"Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked."
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"The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done."
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"Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love."
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