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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.

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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Deep Honor Inspirational Life
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Friendship Quarrel Wrong
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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Baggage Emotion Grievance Past
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Heart Love People Realize
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
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Make the small big and the few many.
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Big Few Make Small Taoism
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
The wise man knows without traveling.
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Know Man Travel Wise
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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Energy Mind Purify Self
The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Beginning Children Mother Taoism

A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.

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