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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

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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
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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Demand Depend Reach Taoism Thing Way
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Deem Humorous Love Witty
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
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
The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Block Concept Name Perception Wise
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice

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