"Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch."
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"A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened."
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"Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?"
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"Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful."
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"Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know."
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"Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it."
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"To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder."
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"Thorn bushes grow where armies have camped."
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"The progress of the Way seems retreating."
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"A violent wind does not last for a whole morning."
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"Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue."
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"If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People would by themselves find harmony, without being commanded."
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"Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?"
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"Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend."
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"When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way."
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"A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands."
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"Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted."
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"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and if that step is the right step, it becomes the last step."
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"Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also"
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"Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless."
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