"The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies."
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"Even the longest journey must begin where you stand."
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"The truth often sounds paradoxical."
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"Yielding is the manner of the Way."
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"Standing on "tip toe", one stands not firmly. Straining in stride, one cannot walk far. Flaunting of deeds, one is unfavorably noticed. Being self-righteous, one is not respected. Boasting of self, one's merit is unrecognized. Glorifying of self, one loses the opportunity for greatness. From the viewpoint of Tao These represent imperfect Te, Valued as are filth or disease."
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"Without stepping out the door, you can know the world."
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"Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way."
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"Human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless."
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"To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life."
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"Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time."
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"In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped."
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"To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day"
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"The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete."
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"Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life."
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"The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout."
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"The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
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"When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil."
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"The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world."
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"He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful."
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"Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block."
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