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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
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
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
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
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
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
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior

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