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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.

Laozi

To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
LAOZI

Compassion Home Lack Taoism
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
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.
LAOZI

Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
LAOZI

Criminal Law Taoism
The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
LAOZI

Able Feeling Taoism Together
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
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
LAOZI

Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism

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 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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