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

Laozi

Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Multitudes Taoism Tiresome
Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell 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
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
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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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
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
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
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism

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