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

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The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Artist Good Intuition Need Person
The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Desire Earth Inspirational Move
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Detours Distraction Oneness Spiritual
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Breathtaking Themselves Wisdom Wise
The farther you go, the less you know.
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Country Emotion Knows Leadership People Wisdom
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
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Flame Inspirational Long Philosophy
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
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
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
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

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