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As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield I have learned is to come back again.LaoTzu
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The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls but in the space within to be lived in.LaoTzu
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Failure is the foundation of success and the means by which it is achieved.LaoTzu
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He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.LaoTzu
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He who is contented is rich.LaoTzu
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The way to do is to be.LaoTzu
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Manifest plainness Embrace simplicity Reduce selfishness Have few desires.LaoTzu
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Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of unhappiness.LaoTzu
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To lead the people walk behind them.LaoTzu
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As for the best leaders the people do not notice their existence. The next best the people honour and praise. The next the people fear and the next the people hate. When the best leader's work is done the people say 'we did it ourselves! 'LaoTzu
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Nature is not human-hearted.LaoTzu
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Love is of all passions the strongest for it attacks simultaneously the head the heart and the senses.LaoTzu
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He who has not faith in others shall find no faith in them.LaoTzu
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He who conquers others is strong he who conquers himself is mighty.LaoTzu
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Knowing others is wisdom knowing yourself is Enlightenment.LaoTzu
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A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.LaoTzu
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.LaoTzu
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It is wealth to be content.LaoTzu
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Having given all he had He then is very rich indeed.LaoTzu