Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
LAOZIWeapons 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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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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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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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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To lead, one must follow.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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Return animosity with virtue.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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