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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
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
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
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Deed Elevate Kindness Spiritual Wick
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
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
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
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
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person

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