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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

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
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
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 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
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
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
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
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

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.

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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.

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