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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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Mastery Principles Superior Triumph
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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Compassion Country Taoism Town
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
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
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational

Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

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