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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…
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Popular Animal Nature quotes from across the collection:
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Don't allow your animal nature to rule your reason.
— Rumi
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Man is concentric: you have to take fold after fold off of him before you get to the centre of his personality.…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological phenomenon and…
— Alexander Lowen
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Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense…
— Alexander Lowen
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It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all. Homo sapiens…
— Desmond Morris
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The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain…
— Sam Keen
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By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal.
— Laozi
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Not until man is willing to recognize his animal nature - in the good sense of the word - will he create…
— Wilhelm Reich
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
— Ben Stein
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This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave…
— Jose Saramago
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