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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Mourn Triumph Weapon
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
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
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
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
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
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
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Powerful Strength Strong Victory

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