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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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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
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
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
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
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
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
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
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
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
Heavy is the root of light.
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heavy Light Root Taoism
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Give Knowledge Ignorant People
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
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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