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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Laozi

All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
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
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack 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 sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Cheish Sage Taoism
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
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.
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Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
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

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