"What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?"
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"Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors."
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"The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!"
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"Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound union."
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"The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao."
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"The Tao of the sage is work without effort."
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"When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving."
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"The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?"
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"The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms."
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"It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself."
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"If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go."
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"The grandest virtue seems deficient."
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"He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment."
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"Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness."
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"Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear."
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"Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves."
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"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move."
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"All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power."
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"Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men.... When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites."
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"Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world."
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