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The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.
Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.
Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you.
No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.
A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).
Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to be renewed.
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.
Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.
Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.
Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.
He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.
Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.
A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.
Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.
The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.
The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.
When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.
There is no greater mistake than to make light of an enemy By making light of an enemy many a kingdom has been lost.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and if that step is the right step, it becomes the last step.
When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.
The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.
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.
Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
Great indeed is the sublimity of the creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.