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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.

Laozi

If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Country Law People Taoism
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Forever Heart Letting Surround
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
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
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
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
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
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
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
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness

The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.

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