"Let muddy water stand and it will become clear."
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"The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos."
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"Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness."
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"When taxes are too high, people go hungry."
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"The high must make the low its base."
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"Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in."
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"Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light."
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"Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?"
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"What's the difference between yes and no?"
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"The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims."
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"Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life."
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"For one gains by losing And loses by gaining."
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"When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one."
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"Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them."
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"He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of themselves use the terms "lonely," "friendless," "of small account." Is not this making humility their base?"
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"Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger."
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"These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble."
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"Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not."
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"Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear."
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"Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow."
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