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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

Laozi

If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Able Feeling Taoism Together
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
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
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
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
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual
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
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
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature

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