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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

Laozi

The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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Lying Mystery Stillness Water
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
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
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
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
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
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
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
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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Beginning Children Mother 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
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Inspirational Problem Simple Small

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