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Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

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The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

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Nature is not anthropomorphic.

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. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.

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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose

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

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Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.

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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

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Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?

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Returning to the source is serenity.

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

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The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.

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The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.

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Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.

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Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.

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True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked. True wisdom seems foolish. True art seems artless. The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come. She steps out of the way and lets the Tao speak for itself.

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It is wealth to be content.

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