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When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.

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Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.

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The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it.

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These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

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Gain or loss, what is worse?

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What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.

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Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.

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Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.

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The highest truth cannot be put into words.

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People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.

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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

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...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.

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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

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Who can rest until the moment of action?

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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way, the Great System is United.

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Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

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To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we are sick of the sickness Shall we cease to be sick. The Sage is not sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.

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