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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 converge; or like… — Laozi
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles… — Laozi
If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are present among Dharma… — Dalai Lama
Loving and appreciating each individual, including ourselves, as the showing forth of the One Creative Principle, takes a great deal of humility and this includes… — Unknown Author
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind. — Pindar
Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. — Dieter Rams
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our western country, the… — George Washington
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
It is a commonplace of American life that immigrants have made our country great and continue to make a very important contribution to the fabric… — William J. Clinton
This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great number of them, being much… — George F. Kennan
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. — William Shakespeare
I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick,… — Oscar Wilde
The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive the most strongly. Home, in… — J. G. Holland
If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of… — Unknown Author
Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship. — Dalai Lama
There was never a great man who had not a great mother. — Olive Schreiner
My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without… — Whoopi Goldberg
The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight - like the effect… — Carl von Clausewitz
There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on. — William Blake
A great country cannot wage a little war. — Duke of Wellington
Under the Providence of God, our means of education are the grand machinery by which the 'raw material' of human nature can be worked up… — Horace Mann
...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant... — Alexander Hamilton
There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that we suppose mankind… — Alexander Hamilton
While it is unlikely that poetry or art shall eliminate the reality of war in the twenty-first century, it is thrilling to know there remain… — Aberjhani
Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings... The books are also a part of what I… — Aberjhani

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