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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 you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Forever Heart Letting Surround
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require 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
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
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
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
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Country Law People 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
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Multitudes Taoism Tiresome
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
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting 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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