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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
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
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
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
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
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
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
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
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism

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