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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.

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The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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Perceive Sage Taoism Use
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize 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
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World

Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.

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