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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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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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You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.

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The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.

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Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

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To lead people, walk behind them.

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Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.

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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

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Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang

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The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

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If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.

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Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.

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Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

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There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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

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Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

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