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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Cheish Sage Taoism
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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Demand Depend Reach Taoism Thing Way
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
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
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
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
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage 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
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

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