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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

Laozi

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
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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Taoism Virtue Way
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
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
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
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
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
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
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

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