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Laozi

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
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
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
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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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
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
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism

Heavy is the root of light.

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