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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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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
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
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Country Law People Taoism
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Family Inspirational Motivational
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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Good Intelligent Job Man Teacher
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
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
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
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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Taoism Virtue Way
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way

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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