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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

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 you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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Accomplish Goal Heaven Taoism
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
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
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Beginning Children Mother Taoism
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
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 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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