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The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.
There is no greater disaster than discontent.
The one who rules like the mother lasts long.
Life is going forth; death is returning home.
He who controls the past controls the future.
Those who stand on their toes are not steady.
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes.
Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.
Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.
For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao
The good leader carries water for his people.
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
The highest benevolence acts without purpose.
He who is attached to things will suffer much.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.
Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.
Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.
The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao.
The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.
The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.
If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
He does not seek power - yet people follow him.
Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.
Knowledge studies others, wisdom is self known.
That so few understand me is why I am treasured.
The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.
A good calculator does not need artificial aids.
What should be shrunken must first be stretched.
Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
He does not seek glory - yet people respect him.
When there is no desire, all things are at peace
The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.
It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?
A violent wind does not last for a whole morning.