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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

Laozi

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
The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Able Feeling Taoism Together
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
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
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Fact Known Overcoming Practice

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