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“He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child. Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak, but its grip is powerful. It doesn't know about the union of male and female, yet its penis can stand erect, so intense is its vital power. It can scream its head off all day, yet it never becomes hoarse, so complete is its harmony. 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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Book:Tao Te Ching
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“I am Not, but the Universe is my Self.”

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Author:Shih-t'ou
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“It had not rained, here on these north-facing slopes. Snow-fields stretched down from the pass into the valleys of moraine. We stowed the wheels, uncapped the sledge-runners, put on our skis, and took off—down, north, onward, into that silent vastness of fire and ice that said in enormous letters of black and white DEATH, DEATH, written right across a continent. The sledge pulled like a feather, and we laughed with joy.”

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Book:The Left Hand of Darkness
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“Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.”

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Author:Joshua Waitzkin
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“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

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Author:Laozi
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“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

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Author:Laozi
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“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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Author:Laozi
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“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

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Author:Mao Zedong
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

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Author:Laozi
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“Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

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Author:Laozi
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“If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”

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Author:Laozi
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