Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
LAOZIThe 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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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Every step is on the path.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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The great image lacks shape.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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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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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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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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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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