Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.
Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.
Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
Act without expectation.
Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.
The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
Life is going forth; death is returning home.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
He who controls the past controls the future.
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.
Excellent warriors are not violent.
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.
All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure? Whether you go up the ladder or down it, you position is shaky. When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance. What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear? Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear? See the world as your self. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as your self; then you can care for all things.
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