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“A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.”
“Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.”
“The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.”
“Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.”
“Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.”
“The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?”
“If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?”
“Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion.”
“Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force.”
“The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.”
“Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?”
“The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.”
“Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?”
“Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.”
“Yielding, like ice about to melt.”
“The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.”
“The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.”
“Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?”
“He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.”
“In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.”
“Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.”
“If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.”