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If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

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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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Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.

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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...more

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A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.

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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one...more

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He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.

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Because of a great love, one is courageous.

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Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.

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Heaven’s Tao is impartial,yet those who follow its compassionate waywill always be nourished

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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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Revere the unity of all-that-iscarry out your daily activities with compassion;if you do not limit your compassion,you yourself will not be limited.

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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not c...more

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There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment.