Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.
LaoziThe weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
Laozi. . . 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.
LaoziHe who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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