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

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Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?

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. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this, her very existence benefits all things.

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What is and what is not create each other.

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When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.

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Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of themselves use the terms "lonely," "friendless," "of small account." Is not this making humility their base?

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When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

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My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me.

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True words seem false.

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People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

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Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.

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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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If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

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To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something

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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily, I will make it the root of my teaching.

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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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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

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Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.

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He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

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