"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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"Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know."
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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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"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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"A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands."
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"Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force."
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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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"Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion."
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"Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you."
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"Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment."
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"People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern."
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"The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby."
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"Praise and disgrace cause fear."
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"The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge."
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