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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.

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Health is the greatest possession.
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Health Possession Wealth
The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Accomplish Doing Master Nothing
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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Perceive Sage Taoism Use
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
From caring comes courage.
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Being Inspirational Inspiring Strong
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
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
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
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
In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Ignore Influence Negative Order
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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Heaven Mean Vision
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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Demand Depend Reach Taoism Thing Way
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Animal Intelligent Separate Soul

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