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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.

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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
Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Inspirational Problem Simple Small
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Country Life People Taoism Thinking
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Inspirational Intelligent Positivity
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Business Limited Wisdom Wise
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
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Forever Heart Letting Surround
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
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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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
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
All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Desire Men Taoism Themselves
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
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
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
Every step is on the path.
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Every Follow Journey Path Step Taoism
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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