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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
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Able Feeling Taoism Together
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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Age Next People Praise
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
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism

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