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- Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore…
- Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles…
- To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without…
- There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.
- One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and…
- Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
- The further one goes, the less (he realizes he) one knows.
- Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to…
- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
- A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet.
- It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform…
- One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
- Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.
- The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets…
- Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one…
- If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one…
- Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there…
- All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people,…
- In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak…
- Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?
- When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether it is the…
- The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is…
- A journey of 1000 miles begins with one step.
- So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness;…
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- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
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