Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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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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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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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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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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Wear down to be renewed.
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The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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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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Heavy is the root of light.
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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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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