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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
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
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual
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
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
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

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