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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.

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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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Discrimination Embrace Failure Man Myself Ordinary See
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Finding Happiness Opinion Stop Yourself
There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Difficult Fortunate Gratitude Lose Moments Myself Opportunity Possession Realize Snow Strength Trouble Virtue
When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Forget Heart Right
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Ignorance People Philosophy
Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Death Deep Diversity Live Men Nature Taste Water
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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Hide Himself Man Perfection Person Respect Sight
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Automatic Body Care Strong Willing
The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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Division Fast Forget Hold People Return See
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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Beyond Creativity Expression Myself Realize Thinking Willing
Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
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Government Mindset Personal Room Simplicity Spirit View Wander Way World
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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Beyond Dependent Honor Knowledge Lying Man
Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Beginning Born Death End
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle

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