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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.

Laozi

When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Average Believe Diligently Practice
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
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
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
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
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
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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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent 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
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Inspirational Problem Simple Small

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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