"The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others."
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"Who can enjoy enlightenment and remain indifferent to suffering in the world? This is not in keeping with the Way. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao."
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"The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit."
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"The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding."
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"The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface."
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"Taking things lightly must lead to big difficulties."
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"Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes."
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"Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties."
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"In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant."
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"Being is born of not being."
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"The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes."
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"Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to do.]"
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"Those who die without being forgotten get longevity."
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"The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite."
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"Good walking leaves no track behind it."
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"If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?"
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"A good calculator does not need artificial aids."
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"As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance."
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"Be merciful, moderate, and modest."
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"The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long."
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