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"The one who knows does not speak.* The one who speaks does not know.** Block the passage. Close the door. Dull the sharpness.*3* Loosen the tangles.*4* Blend with light.*5* Become one with the dust.*6* This is called mystical identity. Hence one can be neither close to it, nor far from it;*7* One can neither benefit it, nor harm it;*8* One can neither value it, nor despise it.*9* Therefore, it is valued by the world.*10*"

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"The one who knows does not speak.* The one who speaks does not know.** Block the passage. Close the door. Dull the sharpness.*3* Loosen the tangles.*4* Blend with light.*5* Become one with the dust.*6* This is called mystical identity. Hence one can be neither close to it, nor far from it;*7* One can neither benefit it, nor harm it;*8* One can neither value it, nor despise it.*9* Therefore, it is valued by the world.*10*"

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