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Tao Te Ching
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- The wise are also impartial; to them all people are equal and alike.
- True goodness is like water; it nurtures everything and harms nothing.
- Like water, it ever seeks the lowest place, the place that all others avoid.
- Excessive fortune brings about its own misfortune.
- To win true merit—to earn a good reputation—
- you must be prudent.
- By patience, you can discipline your desires. By self-control, you can develop strong character. By practicing gentleness, you can become as a little child. By purifying the subconscious, you may become perfect.
- A wheel may have thirty spokes, but its usefulness lies in the empty hub. A jar is formed from clay, but its usefulness lies in the empty center. A room is made from four walls, but its usefulness lies in the space between. Matter is necessary to give form, but the value of reality lies in immateriality. Everything that lives has a physical body, but the value of a life is measured by the soul.
- The wise attend to the inner truth of things and are not fooled by outward appearances.
- Treat yourself well, but don’t pamper yourself excessively.
- Knowing eternity means seeing the big picture;
- seeing the big-picture is broad-minded;
- Death is not to be feared.
- Here are the four fundamentals of true spirituality: recognize simplicity, cherish purity, reduce your possessions, diminish your desires.
- If you would be at peace, beware of great knowledge. That which is not feared by the common people is probably not worth worrying about.
- Common people have plenty; scholars are never satisfied.