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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 more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
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
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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Care Clay Form Space Vessel
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Empty Entire Humility Little Succeed
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
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
To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Heaven Mean Vision
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
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
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism

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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