"Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed."
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"By moderation one can be generous."
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"The highest virtue seems as low as a valley."
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"The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great."
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"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."
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"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is. Thus the Master is available to all people and doesn't reject anyone. He is ready to use all situations and doesn't waste anything. This is called embodying the light. What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret."
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"The most fundamental seems fickle."
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"heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise person puts himself last, and thereby finds himself first, holds himself outside, and thereby remains at the center, abandons himself, and is thereby fulfilled."
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"The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures."
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"Meet the difficult while it is easy."
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"He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines."
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"There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme."
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"Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place."
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"As restrictions and prohibitions are multiplied the people grow poorer and poorer. When they are subjected to overmuch government, the land is thrown into confusion."
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"In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity."
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"The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling."
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"If you would take, you must first give."
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"High and low rest on each other."
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"Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction."
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"The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."
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