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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

Laozi

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise
The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Beginning Children Mother Taoism
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
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Able Feeling Taoism Together
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
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 who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
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
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
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

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