The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.
Going on means going far, going far means returning.
The Way to do is to be.
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.
The best form of leadership is to be conscious of the leadership potential with the followers and to let them unleash this potential in a spontaneous way. When a great leader accomplishes this task with effortless ease, the followers say, "We did it ourselves."
The universe is deathless; Is deathless because, having no finite self, it stays infinite. A sound man by not advancing himself stays the further ahead of himself, By not confining himself to himself sustains himself outside himself: By never being an end in himself he endlessly becomes himself.
(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere, even in the most ordinary things.
Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit, and there won't be any thieves. If these three aren't enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course.
The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
Be the chief but never the lord.
Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials.
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.
Stillness is the ruler of haste.
The more you know the less you understand.
When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
Make the small big and the few many.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.
I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
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