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Lightly given promises must meet with little trust.

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True humility involves opposites. The truly humble work in silence. Because they do not speak of their accomplishments, credit for them can never be taken away.

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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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That which shrinks must first expand.

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He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.

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As for the "proper way:" it is the beginning of disorder.

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The perfect square lacks corners.

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The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.

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I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.

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By letting go, it all gets done.

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Appetite for food and sex is nature.

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Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

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The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

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Kindness in giving creates love.

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We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

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I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.

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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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Every step is on the path.

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