"The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase."
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"Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful."
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"Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows."
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"Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable."
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"When you are sick of your sickness you will cease to be sick."
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"I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any."
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"The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done."
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"The more we give to others, the more we are increased."
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"The longer you travel, the less you know."
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"Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself."
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"He who talks more is sooner exhausted."
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"The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted."
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"The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost."
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"The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it."
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"The most able seems clumsy."
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"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."
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"The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem."
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"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it."
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"If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people will say, "We did this ourselves.""
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"When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally."
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