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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes.
Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.
So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.
The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?
Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.
All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.
In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go
The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.
To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?
People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.
The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.
When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.
Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.
What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.
Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.
He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.
Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.
Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.
If you tell me, I will listen. If you show me, I will see. If you let me experience, I will learn!
It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.