"Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue."
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"The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it."
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"Those who stay where they are will endure."
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"The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth."
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"Lightly given promises must meet with little trust."
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"If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind."
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"Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised."
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"The Way to do is to be."
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"They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another."
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"The perfect square lacks corners."
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"It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great."
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"All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing."
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"Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?"
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"Return animosity with virtue."
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"Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself."
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"Stillness is the ruler of haste."
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"Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force."
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"The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own."
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"The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone."
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"The light of the Way seems dim."
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