Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.
LAO TZUTrying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.
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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
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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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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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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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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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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?
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When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
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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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Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
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