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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Action Truth Ultimate
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Animal Empty Everything Fall Nature
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
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
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
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
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Worry
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
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
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People

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