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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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For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation,…
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Among a democratic people, where there is no hereditary wealth, every man works to earn a living, or is born of parents…
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In a society where every man works for himself, individual incentive, working for one's self. If people worked for one's self, there…
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Unless a man works he cannot find out what he is able to do.
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When all hopes of recognition or honor have faded into distant memory, when purity of heart meets sorrow of mind, when all…
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The State, it cannot be too often repeated, does nothing and can give nothing which it does not take from somebody. The…
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Technology is not about tools, it deals with how Man works.
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When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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