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- But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility,…
- Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.
- Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great…
- Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
- 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…
- Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and…
- Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next…
- If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it.…
- Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your…
- Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
- Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. .…
- 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 Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.
- Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
- Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.
- The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
- If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
- Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.
- Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
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