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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
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
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
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Animal Empty Everything Fall Nature

Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose

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