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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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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today…
— Marcus Aurelius
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His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable…
— Aberjhani
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For many, many years, I was always whipping up things in order to keep myself busy and moving ever forward and saying,…
— Jane Lynch
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
— Oscar Wilde
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There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or…
— Edward Hoagland
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No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice…
— Stanley Ellin
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He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the…
— Rahul Dravid
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A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity,…
— Stephen Batchelor
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