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The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.

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Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

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The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

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Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.

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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

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All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

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Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

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Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.

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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.

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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

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New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.

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Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.

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Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

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The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

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Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

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Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness.

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I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.

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I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.

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