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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
Meet the big while it is small.
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Big People Small Taoism
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
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Compassion Country Taoism Town
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
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
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Idea Past Possessed Truth
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise

Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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