"Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit."
"The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery."
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Source: Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.91, Jain Publishing Company
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