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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness

Laozi

Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
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
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
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
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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Perceive Sage Taoism Use
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
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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Lying Mystery Stillness Water
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
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
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past

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