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To know that there are some things you cannot know is wisdom. The wise recognize the limits of their knowledge; the foolish think they know everything.
Oppressive measures never achieve their intended results.
Those who are hard and inflexible belong to death’s domain; but the gentle and flexible belong to life.
The strong stumble, and the mighty fall; the tender and weak rise above.
They succeed abundantly, yet make no show of their success.
Nothing is gentler than water, yet nothing can withstand its force.
By it the weak defeat the strong; and the flexible conquer the rigid.
Truth is often paradoxical.
It is virtuous to keep one’s obligations, but the wise go beyond this— they do not insist on their rights, but forgive the debts of those who owe them. They know that the Tao will reward them for staying out of court.
Those who fight do not win; those who win do not fight. This is the way of the Tao.
