"Truth sounds paradoxical!"
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"The wise man knows without traveling."
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"Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?"
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"From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all."
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"I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough."
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"From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not."
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"To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way."
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"When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way, the Great System is United."
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"The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end."
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"The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be."
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"Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace."
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"Those who know when it is enough will not perish."
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"Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts."
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"Justice has long arm."
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"Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely."
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"Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?"
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"Be content with an ordinary life."
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"Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way."
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"Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion."
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"If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown."
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