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How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.

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Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

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If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

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The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.

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My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

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Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.

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Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

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When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.

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The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.

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The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.

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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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Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

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Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.

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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

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When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

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Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.

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