The sage puts his person last, and it comes first. He treats his person as an outsider, and it is preserved.
Founder of Taoism
Daodejing, Chapter 7
c. 6th-4th century BCE
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"The Tao is always nameless. When it is carved, it becomes names. As soon as there are names, know that it is time to stop. Knowing when to stop, one can be free from danger."
Shocking"Fill your bowls to the brim and they will spill. Sharpen your blade to the sharpest and it will soon blunt."
Controversial"Make the small big and the few many; Do good to him who has done you an injury."
Philosophical"The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting."
Philosophical"No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things... and at last become one with heaven and earth."
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