If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
LAOZIBe careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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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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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Every step is on the path.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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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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From caring comes courage.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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