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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 42

The Tao gave birth to one.
One gave birth to the two.
Two gave birth to three.
And three gave birth to the 10,000 things.

The 10,000 things carry yin and embrace yang;
they achieve harmony by combining these forces...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 41

...The Tao is hidden and nameless;
The Tao alone nourishes and brings everything to fulfillment.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 40

Returning is the motion of the Tao.
Yielding is the way of the Tao.
the 10,000 things are born of being.
Being is born of non-being.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 39

...Playing one's part
in accordance with the universe
is true humility...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 38

...the highest virtue is to act without a sense of self.
The highest kindness is to give without condition.
The highest justice is to see without preference...

...The great master follows his own nature...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse #37

The Tao does nothing,
but leaves nothing undone.

If powerful men could center themselves in it,
The whole world would be transformed by itself,
By its natural rhythms.

When life is simple,
pretenses fall away,
our essential nature shines through.

Without desire,
there is calm,
and the world straightens itself

When there is silence,
one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt, Verse 36

...The gentle outlasts the strong.
The obscure outlasts the obvious.