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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

Laozi

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
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Beginning Children Mother Taoism
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
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Deem Humorous Love Witty
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men
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
What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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Good Intelligent Job Man Teacher
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
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Compassion Country Taoism Town
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
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
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Emptiness Inspirational Mind
. . . 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
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
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
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
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
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy

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