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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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Because of this erotic bond, the earth becomes luxuriant in its every aspect.
— Thomas Berry
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I will not let a political party tell me how to live, when to die or what to believe in. Our souls…
— Ma Jian
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As the days go on toward July, the earth becomes dry and all the flowers begin to thirst for moisture. Then from…
— Celia Thaxter
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Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows…
— Halldór Laxness
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In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creature flourish together, content…
— Laozi
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Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known, a new…
— Fred Hoyle
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The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
— Pablo Casals
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The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A real spirituality must be rooted in earthliness. Any spirituality that denies the earth, rejects the earth, becomes abstract, becomes airy-fairy. It…
— Rajneesh
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Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars.
— Frans Lanting
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