Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
LAO TZUWe join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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Silence is a source of Great Strength.
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Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.
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One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
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We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
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Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
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Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
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When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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