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Nature is not human hearted.

Laozi

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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Good Intelligent Job Man Teacher
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Block Concept Name Perception Wise
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
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
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 sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior

Nature is not human hearted.

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