Yielding is the way of the Tao.
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Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. But spiritual insight transcends death.
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Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.
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... the mind is desperate to fix the river of events in place Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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