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Tao Te Ching
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Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
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Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved. Success is the lurking place of failure; but who can tell when the turning-place will come?
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The more laws and restrictions there are, the poorer the people become.
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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
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So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.
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See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things
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Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
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He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.
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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused....The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.
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In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
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Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it.
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The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.
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The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
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To know yet to think that one does not know is best;
Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.
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Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them... If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed...
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The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.
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My words are easy to understand and easy to perform,
Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.
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A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.
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Great accomplishment seems imperfect,
Yet it does not outlive its usefulness.
Great fullness seems empty,
Yet it cannot be exhausted.
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Lao Tzu
Born:
604 BC
Died:
531 BC
(aged 73)
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