The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
LAOZIConquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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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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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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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.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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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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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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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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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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