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- Not knowing is true knowledge, presuming to know is a disease
- If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to
- The hard and stuff will be broken, the soft and supple will prevail
- Men who need to prove their point aren’t wise

- When nothing is done, nothing is left undone
- Knowing how to yield is strength
- All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are

- The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world
- If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled
- Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you
- There is no greater illusion than fear

- Let your workings remain a mystery, just show people the results
- When there is no desire, all things are at peace
- The master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole
- True clarity seems obscure. The greatest love seems indifferent. The greatest wisdom seems childish.

- If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root
- The master sees things as they are without trying to control them
- Knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom
- Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power

- What is a good man, but a bad man’s teacher?
- Practice not doing, and everything will fall into place
- Care about people’s approval, and you will be their prisoner
- Can you deal with the most vile matters by letting events take their course?
- We work with being, but the non-being is what we use