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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.

Laozi

. . . 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
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Average Believe Diligently Practice
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
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
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
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
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
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
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves

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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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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