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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

Laozi

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
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
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Compassion Country Taoism Town
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
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
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 more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
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
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon

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