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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.

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Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise
. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Idea Past Possessed Truth
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Country Credit Giving Lead People Tke
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small 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
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
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
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 great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul

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