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A good Traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. Music

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Love

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Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion.

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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion Let nature take its course. By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature, everything that needs to be done gets done.

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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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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

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When the highest type of men hear Tao, They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it.

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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.

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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

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When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, The man who is sorry over the fact will win.

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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

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To see things in the seed, that is genius.

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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

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To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.

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To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

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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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To lead people walk behind them.

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To lead people, walk beside them... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!'

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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

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To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.

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There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed.

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The words of truth are always paradoxical.

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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

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The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

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The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

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