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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.

Laozi

Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
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
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
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
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 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
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
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
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
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Emptiness Inspirational Mind
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy

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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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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