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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

- Lao Tzu

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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

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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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.