#Daodejing

Tao called Tao is not Tao. Names can name no lasting name. Nameless: the origin of heaven and earth. Naming: the mother of

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Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can

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Seeing the small is called brightness; maintaining gentleness is called strength. Use this brightness to return to

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In perennial nonbeing you see mystery, and in perennial being you see appearance. Though the two are one and the same, once

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The Tao is empty; utilize it, it is not filled up. So deep! It seems to be the source of all things.

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To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. To master people takes force, but to master yourself

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The Tao of heaven is to take from those who have too much and give to those who do not have enough. Man’s way is different.

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A truly good man does nothing, yet leaves nothing undone. A foolish man is always doing, yet much remains to be done.

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