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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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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
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
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
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 transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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Energy Mind Purify Self
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
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
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
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
All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Action Truth Ultimate

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