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We create ying and yang, yes and no, plus and minus.
...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
All things flourish, and each returns to its source.
The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.
Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.
I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.
Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.
Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.
He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.
Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being.
When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome.
By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.
Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.
Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?
The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.
If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.
The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.
When we have complements or oppositions, change occurs.
Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.
Taoism is the gentle way. The path of least resistence.
When family ties are disturbed, devoted children arise.
Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.
A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.
All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.
Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.
I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.
If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?
People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.
When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.
True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.
The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.
Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force.
Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.
In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
Enlightenment comes through the feminine side of the being.
Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.
A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.
The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.