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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Laozi

Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
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
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
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
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
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
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
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
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 image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
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

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