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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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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
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
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
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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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Give Knowledge Ignorant People
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew 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
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart

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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