A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.
All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.
Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is only rain; when the clouds pass, the sun shines through. If you open yourself to the Tao, you are at one with the Tao and you can embody it completely. If you open yourself to insight, you are at one with insight and you can use it completely. If you open yourself to loss, you are at one with loss and you can accept it completely. Open yourself to the Tao, then trust your natural responses; and everything will fall into place.
Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.
A good runner leaves no footprints.
If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.
On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.
I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two gives birth to Three. Three gives birth to all things. All things have their backs to the female and stand facing the male. When male and female combine, all things achieve harmony. Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost
Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.
People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.
People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.
A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.
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