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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
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
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
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
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
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise

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