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

Laozi

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
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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Below Humility King Lying People
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
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Emptiness Inspirational Mind
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
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 mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Idea Past Possessed Truth
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Cheish Sage Taoism
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
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
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise

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