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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.

Laozi

If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
LAOZI

Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
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
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Inspirational Problem Simple Small
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
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
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

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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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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