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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
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
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Powerful Strength Strong Victory
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Action Truth Ultimate
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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Below Humility King Lying People
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
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
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
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
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
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try

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