Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
LAOZIIf you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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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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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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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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What resists, persists.
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…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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