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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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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
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
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
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
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
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
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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Age Next People Praise
. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Idea Past Possessed Truth
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Fulfill Inspirational Leadership Wisdom
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
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
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World

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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