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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
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
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
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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Energy Mind Purify Self
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
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
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking

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