A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
LAOZIThe world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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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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The great image lacks shape.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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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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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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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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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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