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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

Laozi

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
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Success Weed
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Being Hard Time Stay Strong
The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Criminal Law Taoism
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
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
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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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
Meandering leads to perfection.
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Hike Journey Meander Perfection
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Compassion Country Taoism Town
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Brim Fill Halt Taoism Way
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice

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