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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.

Laozi

He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Block Concept Name Perception Wise
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
. . . 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 flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
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
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Deem Humorous Love Witty

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