Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
LAOZIBecome totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Health is the greatest possession.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Return animosity with virtue.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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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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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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