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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Imperfect Perfection Taoism
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Inspirational Inspiring Strength
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
What resists, persists.
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Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Determination Motivational Smart
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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Enough Know Misfortune
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
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
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
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
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Average Believe Diligently Practice
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Deed Honor Marketplace Men
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Courses Go Letting World
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Great Mountain Move River
All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Action Truth Ultimate

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