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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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Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for…
— Albert Schweitzer
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All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm…
— Vernon Howard
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Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach.
— Albert Einstein
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My idea of elegance – and this refers to women as well as men – is that someone is elegant when he…
— Stefano Pilati
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When film is not a document, it is dream. That is why Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all. He moves with…
— Ingmar Bergman
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness.
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness,…
— Laozi
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Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.
— Christian Dior
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If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural…
— Charles G. Dawes
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I celebrate myself, and I hope soon the day will come you will be celebrating yourself. And when thousands and thousands of…
— Rajneesh
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