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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

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
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
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
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
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 people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Country Credit Giving Lead People Tke
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
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
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
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

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

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