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“Simplicity patience compassion. These three are your greatest treasures leading to peace.”
“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.”
“Heaven and earth are not humane; they treat all things as straw dogs.”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“To attain knowledge add things every day to attain wisdom remove things every day”
“The stiff and unbending is the disciple of death the soft and yielding is the disciple of life”
“Simplicity patience and compassion are the three greatest treasures a person can possess”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
“Heaven and earth are impartial; they treat all things as straw dogs. The Tao is like a bellows: empty yet inexhaustible.”
“When I let go of what I am I become what I might be.”
“The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise.”
“The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself. The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself.”
“When you are content to be simply yourself and dont compare or compete everyone will respect you”
“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
“He who has gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth.”
“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
“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.”
“The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root. Returning to the root is stillness.”
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
“Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness.”
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.”
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