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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

Laozi

Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Animal Empty Everything Fall Nature
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Forever Heart Letting Surround
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
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
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
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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Mastery Principles Superior Triumph
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way

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