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 | "A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed
a scholar." | |
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Found in the topic Scholar.
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| "By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but
by virtue of love he may rule the world forever." | |
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Found in the topic Love.
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| "A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the
empty space within the vessel that makes it useful." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates
profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." | |
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Found in the topic Confidence.
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| "Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few
desires." | |
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Found in the topic Happiness.
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| "When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises
the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There
arises the recognition of evil." | |
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Found in the topic Evil.
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| "The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the
hasty." | |
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Found in the topic Tranquility.
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| "Therefore the sage is as pointed as a square but does not pierce. He
is as acute as a knife but does not cut. He is as straight as an unbent
line but does not extend. He is as bright as light but does not
dazzle." | |
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Found in the topic Garden.
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| "Muddy water, let stand becomes clear." | |
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Found in the topic Clear.
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| "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on
arriving." | |
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Found in the topic Travel.
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| "Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing." | |
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Found in the topic Better.
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| "{There are two paths leading to oneness with the Tao.} The first in
the path of acceptance. Affirm everyone and everything. Freely extend you
goodwill and virtue in every direction, regardless of circumstances.
Embrace all things as part of the Harmonious Oneness, and then you will
begin to perceive it. The second path is that of denial. Recognize that
everything you see and think is a falsehood, an illusion, a veil over the
truth. Peel all the veils away, and you will arrive at the Oneness. Though
these paths are entirely different, they will deliver you to the same
place: spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness." | |
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Found in the topic Acceptance.
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| "The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly
gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments,
which are based on previous judgments, which are usually based on someone
else"s foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a
highly selective memory system." | |
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Found in the topic Memory.
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| "Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business
of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few,
repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are
easy, and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of
Tao." | |
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Found in the topic Gravity.
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| "When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say
it happened naturally." | |
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Found in the topic Effect.
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| "To see things in the seed, that is genius." | |
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Found in the topic Possibility.
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| "To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when
you do not know is disease." | |
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Found in the topic Investment.
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| "When virtue is lost, benevolence appears; when benevolence is lost,
right conduct appears; when right conduct is lost, expedience appears.
Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of
disorder." | |
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Found in the topic Expedience.
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| "Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish ? don"t
overdo it." | |
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Found in the topic Fish.
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| "A leader is best When people barely know he exists. Not so good When
people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good
leader Who talks little When his work is done, His aim fulfilled, They
will say "We did it ourselves."" | |
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Found in the topic Leadership.
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