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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

Laozi

Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
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 good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
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
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Animal Empty Everything Fall Nature
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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
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
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational

When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

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