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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Laozi

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
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
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
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
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
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
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
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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Demand Depend Reach Taoism Thing Way
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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Energy Mind Purify Self

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