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.
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
Return animosity with virtue.
Simple, like uncarved wood.
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
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.
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 wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.
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.
The highest tone is hard to hear.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.
The most straight seems curved.
The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.
Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get full eating this way.
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