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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

Laozi

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
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
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
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
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Country Law People Taoism
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Compassion Country Taoism Town

The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

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