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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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We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to end hunger. But we have found the…
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Any idiot that wants to make a couple of thousand drawings for a hundred feet of film is welcome to join the…
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Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The…
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Relationships are a lot like yard sales. They look really fun from a couple hundred feet away, but eventually you realize it's…
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A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth) I…
— Erica Jong
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I'll be the first to admit that my idea of God is pretty different. I believe in a God with a long…
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We will eventually build space science labs and hotels, prodding the capability for missions beyond the orbit of the Earth. Our space-hotel…
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The fact is, that among his hunters at least, the whale would by all hands be considered a noble dish, were there…
— Herman Melville
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I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant…
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A murmuring, fateful, giant voice, out of the earth and sky, Voice of a mighty dying tree in the Redwood forest dense....…
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