The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
LAOZIIf you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Every step is on the path.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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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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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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Make the small big and the few many.
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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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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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