Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.
Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world.
The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.
So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.
The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become. The sharper men's weapons, The more trouble in the land.
Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.
We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful.
Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.
The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.
By moderation one can be generous.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
Those who stay where they are will endure.
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.
Simple, like uncarved wood.
That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.
There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical bodily existence is required. Those who fail to live consistently in accord with the Tao reside here. In the upper, Yu Ching, there is only Tao: the bondage of form is broken, and the only thing existing is the exquisite energy dance of the immortal divine beings.
Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted. They do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit. They do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.
To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.
Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness.
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