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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.

Laozi

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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Taoism Virtue Way
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
A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Multitudes Taoism Tiresome
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Fulfill Inspirational Leadership Wisdom
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Worry
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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Age Next People Praise
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
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
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require 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
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
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
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

The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.

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