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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness

Laozi

Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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Care Clay Form Space Vessel
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
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
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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Lying Mystery Stillness Water
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Forever Heart Letting Surround
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Give Knowledge Ignorant People

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