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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.

Laozi

Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Fulfill Inspirational Leadership Wisdom
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
LAOZI

Deem Humorous Love Witty
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Give Knowledge Ignorant People
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection

Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.

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