"Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel."
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"It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists."
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"The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through."
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"Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory."
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"Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard."
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"In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated."
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"Excellent conquerors do not engage."
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"Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles."
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"Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?"
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"The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil."
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"The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor."
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"To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom."
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"Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?"
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"The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female."
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"Where there is no conflict, there is no fault."
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"To be of few words is natural."
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"Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves."
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"The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant."
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"Obscure, like muddy waters."
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"Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?"
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