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Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Use the Light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.
Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.
We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable.
He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.
Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.
Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.
The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.
Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.
Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.
Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.
Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.
The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.
In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint.
If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.
If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.
Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'
Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.
Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.
Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.
The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
To be learned, add something each day. To be enlightened drop something each day.
Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.
I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.
I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.
Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.
Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.
When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.
Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.
The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.
It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.
To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day