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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

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To lead, one must follow.
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Follow Leadership Must People Vlife
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Inspirational Internal Peace Spiritual
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
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Cheish Sage Taoism
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
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Idea Past Possessed Truth
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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Heart Matter People Trying Vice
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Meet Taoism
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
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Powerful Strength Strong Victory

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