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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

Laozi

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
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
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
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
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
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
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
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 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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small 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
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

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