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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.

Laozi

What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
LAOZI

Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
LAOZI

Conquest Murder Rejoice
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
LAOZI

Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
Return animosity with virtue.
LAOZI

Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
LAOZI

Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
LAOZI

Imperfect Perfection Taoism
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
LAOZI

Done Foolish Man Mad Result
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
LAOZI

Fact Known Overcoming Practice
The sage acts by doing nothing.
LAOZI

Done Nothing Sage Taoism
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
LAOZI

Action Begun Establish Happen Order
The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
LAOZI

Energy Mind Purify Self
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
LAOZI

Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
LAOZI

Great Mountain Move River
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Worry
He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Dispute Emotion Feelings Love

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