"Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?"
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"To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths."
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"When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way."
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"What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves."
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"The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above."
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"Must one dread what others dread?"
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"He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good."
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"When everyone sees good, then bad exists."
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"Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive."
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"A good wanderer leaves no trace."
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"Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is called the vanity of robbers. It is certainly not the Way."
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"When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty."
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"Wear down to be renewed."
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"A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it."
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"When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome."
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"What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult."
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"Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone."
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"The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril."
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"Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful."
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"The ancients said: Hulk to be whole."
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