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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
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
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
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
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
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
What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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Good Intelligent Job Man Teacher
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Family Inspirational Motivational
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
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves

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