The Master, by residing in the Tao,sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself,people can see his light.Because he has nothing t...
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Be content with what you have;rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lacking,the whole world belongs to you.
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We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat h...
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Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
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Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no word...
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One gains by losing and loses by gaining.
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Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.
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He who is in harmony with the Taois like a newborn child.Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,but its grip is powerful.It doesn't know about the u...
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If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself...
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(So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowl...
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Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient wit...
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Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
