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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 35:

All men come to him that keeps to the one.
They flock to him... for in him they find peace, security, and happiness...

... When you look for it, there is nothing to see.
When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear.
When you use it, it cannot be exhausted.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 34:

The Great Way is universal...

All beings depend on it for live;
but still, it does not take possession of them.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 33:

... one who understands himself has wisdom...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 32:

The eternal Tao has no name.

... simple & subtle...

Rivers & streams are born of the ocean,
and all creation is born of the Tao;
Just as all water flows back to become the ocean,
all creation flows back to become the Tao.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 31:

... peace & quiet are dearest to the decent man's heart...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt verse 30:

(on Those attached to Violence)
They are not attuned to the Way.
Not being attuned to the Way,
their end comes very soon.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 29:

... Everything under heaven is a sacred vessel...

... Allow your life to unfold naturally...

... To the sage all of life is a movement toward perfection.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 28:

... To be the pattern of the world is to move constantly in the path of virtue without erring a single step...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 27:

A knower of the truth
travels without leaving a trace,
speaks without causing harm.
gives without keeping an account...

Be wise & help all beings impartially,
abandoning none.
Waste no opportunities.
This is called following the light...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 26:

... the successful person is poised & centered...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 25:

There was something formless & perfect
before the universe was born.
It is serene.
Empty.
Solitary.
Unchanging.
Infinite, Eternally present.
It is the mother of the universe...

I call it the Tao.
I call it great.
Great is boundless;
boundless is eternally flowing;
ever flowing, it is constantly returning.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse #24

If you stand on tiptoe, you cannot stand firmly.
If you take long steps, you cannot walk far...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse: 23

... Conform to the Way,
Its power flows through you.
Your actions become those of nature,
your ways those of heaven...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 22:

The flexible are preserved unbroken...
the empty filled...

... The sage embraces the one...

If you have truly attained wholeness,
everything will flock to you.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 21:

The greatest virtue is to follow the Tao
and the Tao alone...

... The spirit, the essence,
the life breath of all things.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 20:

...accept what is offered...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 19:

... see the simplicity...
realize one's true nature...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 18:

When the greatness of the Tao is present,
action arises from one's own heart...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 17:

The great leader speaks little.
He never speaks carelessly.
He works without self-interest
and leaves no trace.
When all is finished, the people say,
"We did it ourselves."

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Tao De Ching Excerpts Verse 16:

... Let your heart be at peace...

observe how endings become beginnings...

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Tao De Ching Excerpts Verse 15:

... The muddiest water clears as it stills;
and out of that stillness, life arises.

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Tao De Ching Excerpts Verse 14:

... Discovering how things have always been brings one into harmony with the way.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 13

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 13:

...Man's true self is eternal...

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Tao De Ching excerpt, Verse 12:

... The Master observes the world
but trusts his inner vision.

He allows things to come & go.

He prefers what is within to what is without.

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Tao De Ching excerpt, Verse 11:

Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub;
but it is on the hole in the center that
the cart depends.

Shape clay into a vessel;
it is the space within that makes it useful...

The usefulness of what is,
depends on what is not.

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Tao De Ching excerpt Verse 10:

... let your body become as supple as a new born child's...

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Tao De Ching excerpts Verse 9:

...Retire when the work is done...