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- The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no…
- Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name;…
- The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is…
- The named was born from the unnamed . . . all being flows from non-being . . . the describable world emanates from an indescribable…
- From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.
- If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from…
- When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
- With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel…
- To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who…
- From caring comes courage.
- Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your…
- Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.
- The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to…
- I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me…
- When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken…
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- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
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- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle