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What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult.

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If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

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To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

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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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A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.

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Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get full eating this way.

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The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

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Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.

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Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

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Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

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The truest sayings are paradoxical.

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Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

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Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

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Build up virtue, and you master all.

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New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.

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Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

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Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.

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