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Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.

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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
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
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
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
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 True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
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
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
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
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Empty Entire Humility Little Succeed
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Animal Empty Everything Fall Nature
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Heaven Mean Vision
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery

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