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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

Laozi

Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
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
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
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 master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Average Believe Diligently Practice
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People

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