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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Inspirational Problem Simple Small
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
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
The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Beginning Children Mother Taoism
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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Care Clay Form Space Vessel
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
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
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
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism

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