Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.
LAO TZUHealth is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
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Time is a created thing. To say I don’t have time, is like saying, I don’t want to.
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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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Trying 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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Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
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The further one goes, the less one knows.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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Because of a great love, one is courageous
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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When goodness is lost there is morality.
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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
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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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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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