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by Gibbers on January 12th, 2007

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What is your favorite passage from the Tao Te Ching?

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  • by esquire on January 12th, 2007

    esquire

    "Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small...sages never do what is great, and this is why they can achieve that greatness."

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  • by anthonyjohn41 on February 19th, 2007

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    The secret waits for the insight
    Of eyes unclouded by longing.

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  • by GoodTimesNoodleSalad on February 18th, 2007

    GoodTimesNoodleSalad

    “Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.”

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    “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”

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  • by Answerfool on February 18th, 2007

    Answerfool

    the story of the ruler that let his people lead was a favorite of mine.

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  • by Marguerite on November 24th, 2008

    Marguerite

    There is nothing better than to know that you don't
    know
    Not knowing, yet thinking you know--
    That is sickness.
    Only when you are sick of being sick
    Can you be cured.
    The sage's not being sick
    Is because she is sick of sickness.
    Therefore she is not sick.

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  • by kiwimac on June 23rd, 2007

    kiwimac

    Words cannot describe the Tao, and The Tao cannot be named. That which is eternal is unnameable. Naming is the basis of things. Free from desire you are a mystery. Caught in desire you are known. The mystery and the known are not separate. It is naming which separates us. Only through paradox can you understand.

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  • by zinnia on November 10th, 2007

    zinnia

    there is no way to happiness/happiness is the way

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  • by Quailman on January 21st, 2008

    Quailman

    "The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honorable place, but in time of war the right hand. Those sharp weapons are instruments of evil omen, and not the instruments of the superior man;--he uses them only on the compulsion of necessity. Calm and repose are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms) is to him undesirable. To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom."

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  • by Metaphiz on February 19th, 2007

    Metaphiz

    "An oak is best plucked while it is yet a saprolling."

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