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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
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
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
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
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
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
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
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Fulfill Inspirational Leadership Wisdom
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Powerful Strength Strong Victory
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize

Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

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