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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.

Laozi

Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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Below Humility King Lying People
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 men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
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
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
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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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
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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Perceive Sage Taoism Use
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Compassion Heart Humility World
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy

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