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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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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does…
— Saint Basil
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To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
— Albert Camus
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The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of…
— Bruce Lee
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To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.
— Michael Novak
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To dance, above all, is to enter into the motions of life. It is an action, a movement, a process. The dance…
— Unknown Author
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It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.
— Laozi
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It is not only useless, it is harmful, to believe in oneself until one truly knows oneself. And to know oneself means…
— Sydney J. Harris
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To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. To know oneself, one should assert…
— Albert Camus
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Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself?
— Carl Van Vechten
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It is truly strange how long it takes to get to know oneself. I am now sixty two years old, yet just…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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