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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

Laozi

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Block Concept Name Perception Wise
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
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
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 world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Beginning Children Mother Taoism
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Heaven Mean Vision
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Accomplish Action Inspirational Integral
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
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
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
He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

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