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Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

Laozi

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Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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