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“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
-- Laozi

#Positive #Powerful #May
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.”
-- Laozi

#Inspirational #Fearless #Oneself
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
-- Laozi

#Wisdom #Self Confidence #Knowing
“Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.”
-- Laozi

#Inspirational #Dangerous
“If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.”
-- Laozi

#Letting Go #Heart #Forever
“Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.”
-- Laozi

#Mistake #Opportunity #Doe
“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something”
-- Laozi

#Inspirational #Add #Each Day
“A journey of 1000 miles begins with one step.”
-- Laozi

#Journey #Fortune Cookie #Steps
“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
-- Laozi

#Beauty #Beautiful #Truth Is
“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.”
-- Laozi

#Simple #Thinking #Dwelling
“The more you know the less you understand.”
-- Laozi

#Taoism
“People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.”
-- Laozi

#People #Taoism #Too Much
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
-- Laozi

#Love #Relationship #Positive
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”
-- Laozi

#Inspirational #Travel #Arriving
“Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.”
-- Laozi

#Thinking #Giving #Taoism
“Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.”
-- Laozi

#Greed #Thieves #Profit
“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
-- Laozi

#Flames #Long #Half
“The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is better to retreat a yard." This is called going forward without advancing, pushing back without using weapons. There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy. Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil. Thus you destroy your three treasures and become an enemy yourself. When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.”
-- Laozi

#Moving #Mean #Thinking
“He who hoards much loses much.”
-- Laozi

#Simplicity
“If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.”
-- Laozi

#Tree #Lightning #Concerned
“Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.”
-- Laozi

#Winning #Giving #Victory
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
-- Laozi

#Inspirational #Knowing #Know Yourself
“Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.”
-- Laozi

#Essence #Profound #Taoism
“The ancients said: Hulk to be whole.”
-- Laozi

#Taoism #Said
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
-- Laozi

#Leadership #Humility #Men
“He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.”
-- Laozi

#Strong #Powerful #Men
“Because of a great love, one is courageous.”
-- Laozi

#Anniversary #Great Love #Courageous
“The best fighter is never angry.”
-- Laozi

#Yoga #Fighter #Angry
“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.”
-- Laozi

#Knives #Blunt #Approach
“A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.”
-- Laozi

#Track #Speech #Fault Finding

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