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

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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Action Truth Ultimate
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Behind Compassion Humility
To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
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
A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Multitudes Taoism Tiresome
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
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
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Loss More Require Taoism
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Manipulation Mind Serenity Taoism
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
Return animosity with virtue.
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Animosity Compassion Return Taoism
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Action Begun Establish Happen Order
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Envy Praise Prevent Taoism
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Give Knowledge Ignorant People
The great image lacks shape.
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Condition Great Image Look Shape Taoism
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Book Country Life People
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Country Credit Giving Lead People Tke
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
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 wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise

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