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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.

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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
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
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
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Death Escape Feel Forget Try
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Deem Humorous Love Witty
The sage acts by doing nothing.
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Done Nothing Sage Taoism
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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Accomplish Goal Heaven Taoism
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Arrive Artist Change Good Intuition
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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Care Clay Form Space Vessel
The light of the Way seems dim.
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Dim Light Reflection Taoism Way
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Dream Opportunity Worry
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism

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