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Meandering leads to perfection.

Laozi

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
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Inspirational Problem Simple Small
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Fulfill Inspirational Leadership Wisdom
Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Average Believe Diligently Practice
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
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
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
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
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Everything Flock Mindfulness Wholeness
To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Country People Rich Simplicity
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual

Meandering leads to perfection.

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