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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

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Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

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The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

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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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For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.

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When equal armies battle, the grieving one will be victorious.

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Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.

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Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.

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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

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The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

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Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

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The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.

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True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked. True wisdom seems foolish. True art seems artless. The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come. She steps out of the way and lets the Tao speak for itself.

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There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.

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The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

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It is wealth to be content.

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Thorn bushes grow where armies have camped.

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Battles are followed by years of famine.

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