#daoism

He knows enough to recognize the faults of others, but he doesn’t know his own faults. What can I do with a man like this? …

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When the Way relies on little accomplishments and words rely on vain show, then we have the rights and wrongs of the

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What ordinary people do and what they find happiness in — I don’t know whether or not such happiness is, in the end,

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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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The Way doesn’t want things mixed in with it. When it becomes a mixture, it becomes many ways; with many ways, there is a lot

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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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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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You have heard of flying with wings, but you have never heard of flying without wings. You have heard of the knowledge

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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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Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on

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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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