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Why not simply honor your par...

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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Those who would take over the...

Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.

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The sage avoids extremity, ex...

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

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The world's beginning is its ...

The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.

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A good runner leaves no footp...

A good runner leaves no footprints.

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The feminine values are the f...

The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.

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Conquering others takes force...

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

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The usefulness of the pot lie...

The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.

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Therefore the Sage, wishing t...

Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not.

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I alone have the mind of a fo...

I alone have the mind of a fool, and am all muddled and vague. The people are so smart and bright. While I am just dull and confused.

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Act without doing; work witho...

Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.

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Conquering others requires fo...

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

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Having reached a high level o...

Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.

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Ever desireless, one can see ...

Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.

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The ancient Masters didn't tr...

The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.

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The man of knowledge acquires...

The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.

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Letting the mind control the ...

Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force.

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Empty your mind of all though...

Empty your mind of all thoughts.

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One cannot reflect in streami...

One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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No thought, no action, no mov...

No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.

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