The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
LAOZIIf people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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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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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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To lead, one must follow.
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From caring comes courage.
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