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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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Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest.
— Theodosius Dobzhansky
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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because…
— Mark Twain
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Your harshest truths are dreams, and your gentlest dreams are true.
— Richard Bach
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All of us know about learning life's lessons through pain, struggle, and loss. But few of us realize that it is often…
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is…
— Laozi
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
— Bryan Procter
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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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