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

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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 wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

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Heaven is eternal and Earth everlasting. They can be eternal and everlasting because they do not exist for themselves, And for this reason can exist forever.

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Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.

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People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.

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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.

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Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

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The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

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Human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless.

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The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

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If you attach yourself to gross energies - loving this person, hating that clan, rejecting one experience or habitually indulging in another - then you will lead a series of heavy, attached lives. This can go on for a very long and tedious time.

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That which shrinks must first expand.

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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.

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He who knows, knows not. He who knows not, knows.

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Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion.

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Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.

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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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