"Nature is not anthropomorphic."
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"Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated."
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"In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them."
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"Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them."
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"Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite."
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"Appetite for food and sex is nature."
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"Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force."
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"Requite injury with kindness."
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"To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen."
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"If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering."
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"Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called enlightened."
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"With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour."
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"The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people. She is good to people who are good. She is also good to people who aren't good. This is true goodness. She trusts people who are trustworthy. She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy. This is true trust. The Master's mind is like space. People don't understand her. They look to her and wait. She treats them like her own children."
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"The very highest is barely known. Then comes that which people know and love, Then that which is feared, Then that which is despised. Who does not trust enough will not be trusted."
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"To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on."
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"If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you."
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"When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains."
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"The unyielding army will not win."
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"The separate parts make no carriage."
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"Use the light to return to clarity."
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