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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
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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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
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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Demand Depend Reach Taoism Thing Way
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
The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Block Concept Name Perception Wise
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
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
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
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Country Law People Taoism
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

Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

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