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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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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 wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Worry
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Action Truth Ultimate
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
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
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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Heaven Mean Vision
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism

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