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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.

Laozi

Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong 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
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Multitudes Taoism Tiresome
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
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
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Deem Humorous Love Witty
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism

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