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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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Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral…
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Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to…
— Joshua Chamberlain
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It ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living fire, in measures being kindled and in measures going out.
— Heraclitus
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Every kingdom work, whether publicly performed or privately endeavored, partakes of the kingdom's imperishable character. Every honest intention, every stumbling word of…
— Randy Alcorn
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This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been,…
— Heraclitus
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Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage…
— Laozi
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The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living…
— Isaac Newton
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I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst…
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We are all architects of faith, ever living in these walls of time.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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You have no sense of what war is like. You have no idea what it means to see those you love fall.…
— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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We have fallen in the dreams the ever-living Breathe on the tarnished mirror of the world, And then smooth out with ivory…
— William Butler Yeats
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Sadness is a poison that I refuse to drink Sorrow is a meal that I refuse to eat Pain is a word…
— Flame
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