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

Laozi

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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Accomplish Goal Heaven Taoism
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 weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
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
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
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
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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Lying Mystery Stillness Water
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
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
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
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

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