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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Average Believe Diligently Practice
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

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