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The Master’s power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.

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The moral man does something, and when no one responds he rolls up his sleeves and uses force.

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The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.

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The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be.

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The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.

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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.

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The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided by wisdom rather than emotion. Whole and virtuous, it can never die.

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The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

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The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long.

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The people make light of dying because of the greatness of their labours in seeking for the means of living.

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