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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

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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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Enemy Friend Friendship Honor Men Unconcern
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
Wear down to be renewed.
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Country Life People Renew Taoism
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Heart Home Nature Peace
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
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
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Country Law People Taoism
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
There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Earth Finish Heaven Something Taoism
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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Heaven Mean Vision
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Motivational Strength Wisdom
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Self Esteem Spiritual Wisdom
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Ching Country People Give Life Taoism
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Acceptance Broken Heart Tree
Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Gain Inspirational Lose People Some
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Disaster Tao Taoism
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Cheish Sage Taoism
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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REquired Take Taoism Temper World
The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Able Feeling Taoism Together
I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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Compassion Home Lack Taoism
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Conquest Murder Rejoice
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Enemy Human Inspirational Men
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Saint Sinners Tao Te Ching Taoism
Nature is not human hearted.
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Enlightening Hearted Nature

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