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The sage acts by doing nothing.

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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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Empty Entire Humility Little Succeed
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
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
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Emptiness Inspirational Mind

The sage acts by doing nothing.

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