When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Yield and overcome Bend and be straight Empty and be full Wear out and be new Have little and gain Have much and be confused. ... The ancients say, 'Yield and overcome.' Is that an empty saying Be really whole, And all things will come to you.Lao Tzu
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
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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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The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things.... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole.... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness just realize it.
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The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).
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