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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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If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in…
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Second is the way of the merchant. The wine maker obtains his ingredients and puts them to use to make his living.…
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Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right…
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Golf is the only game where the worst player gets the best of it. He obtains more out of it as regards…
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with…
— Francis of Assisi
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Patience obtains everything.
— Teresa of Avila
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Until now the theory of infinite series in general has been very badly grounded. One applies all the operations to infinite series…
— Niels Henrik Abel
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Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is…
— George Washington
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If one stretches out the DNA contained in the nucleus of a human cell, one obtains a two-yard-long thread that is only…
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