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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

Laozi

With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Compassion Country Taoism Town
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
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
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
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
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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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
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

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