Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
LAOZIWhen the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Health is the greatest possession.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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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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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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To lead, one must follow.
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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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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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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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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Every step is on the path.
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