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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
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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Taoism Virtue Way
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
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
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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Demand Depend Reach Taoism Thing Way
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
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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Accomplish Goal Heaven Taoism
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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Energy Mind Purify Self
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism

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