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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.

Laozi

In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Give Knowledge Ignorant People
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
LAOZI

Being Free Name Simplicity
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

Good Intelligent Job Man Teacher
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
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
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
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
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

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