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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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To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
— Albert Camus
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As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life.
— Albert Camus
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I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One…
— Walker Percy
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...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and,…
— Aristotle
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One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for…
— Pope John Paul II
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In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
— Jean Rostand
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Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.
— Gautama Buddha
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Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.
— Gautama Buddha
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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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If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.
— Gautama Buddha
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In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.
— Billy Collins
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