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" Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. "

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" If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. "

" Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. "

" Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. "

" Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. "

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" If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness. "

" The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. "

" To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty. "

" People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. "

" If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. "

" Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. "

" He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. "

" Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. "

" Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. "

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" From caring comes courage. "

" Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. "

" The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. "

" If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. "

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" He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. "

Enough Is Enough

" 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. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. "

" Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. "

" All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. "