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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.

Laozi

A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Multitudes Taoism Tiresome
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
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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Heaven Mean Vision
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
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

The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.

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