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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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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Health Illness Knowledge Sage Taoism
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape 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
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
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
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
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men

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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