"Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit."
"The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice."
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Source: Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.11, Chinese University Press
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