Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.

— Laozi

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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

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Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.

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If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding.

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The real is empty and the empty real.

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Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.

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Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

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If the majority doesn’t laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.

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The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.

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Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

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Nature’s way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

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It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.

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Life and death are one thread...

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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.

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He who controls the past controls the future.

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I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.

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It’s hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.

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The surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.

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Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is to say ‘I don’t want to.’

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A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.

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Be the chief but never the lord.

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