Going forward seems like retreat.
. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.
The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
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 overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle - this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly.
There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.
The highest tone is hard to hear.
If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
The most straight seems curved.
Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.
Deal with the small before it becomes large.
He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.
Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
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