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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

The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
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 have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
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
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Fulfill Inspirational Leadership Wisdom
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
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
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Country Credit Giving Lead People Tke
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Emptiness Inspirational Mind
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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Mastery Principles Superior Triumph
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Heaven Mean Vision
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

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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