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Chuang Tzu

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If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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Be the chief but never the lord.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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He who is contented is rich.
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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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To lead the people, walk behind them.
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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A leader is best
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See simplicity in the complicated.
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He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
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When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
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He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts.
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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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To see things in the seed is genius.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Water flows humbly to the lowest level.
Nothing is weaker than water,
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LAO-TZU
The best man is like water.
Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them....
LAO-TZU
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truc...
SUN-TZU
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And...
LAO-TZU
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
LAO-TZU
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

NOTE: Other translation...
LAO-TZU
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try...
LAO-TZU
Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
SUN TZU
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible an...
SUN-TZU
Let there be a small country with few people . . .
Though neighboring communities overlook one an...
LAO-TZU
So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight a...
SUN TZU
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only tho...
SUN-TZU
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
LAO TZU
The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drai...
SUN TZU
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then...
SUN TZU
Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful ...
LAO TZU
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty d...
SUN TZU
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
LAO TZU
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast any...
LAO TZU
Nature is not human hearted.
LAO-TZU
Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the ...
LAO TZU
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the wo...
LAO TZU
The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart
LAO TZU
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
LAO TZU
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives t...
LAO TZU