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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 my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.
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Imagine a school-boy who has outgrown his clothes. Imagine the repairs made on the vestments where the enlarged frame had burst the…
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How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know…
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She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.
— Gautama Buddha
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I felt shame - I see this clearly, now - at the instinctive recognition in myself of an awful enfeebling fatalism, a…
— Joseph O'Neill
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I'm not saying people should go out and start killing," the California-based Vlasak says. But he's not saying activists shouldn't kill either,…
— Jerry Vlasak
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Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of a honeymoon…
— Steven James
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It is never worth while to make rents in a garment for the sake of mending them? Nor to create doubts in…
— Charles Spurgeon
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I believe that the yarn we spin is capable of mending the broken warp and woof of our life!
— Mahatma Gandhi
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When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The Grace of God is glue.
— Eugene O'Neill
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Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world.
— Miroslav Volf
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