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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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We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth…
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Along with a strong belief in your own inner voice, you also need laser-like focus combined with unwavering determination.
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...nature seems very conversant with the rules of pure mathematics, as our own mathematicians have formulated them in their studies, out of…
— James Jeans
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What's it like, Lexy? You wake up and you feel - what? Heaviness, an ache inside, a weight, yes. A soft crumpling…
— Carolyn Parkhurst
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Meditation is the art of living with yourself. It is nothing else than that, simply that: the art of being joyously alone.…
— Rajneesh
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What exists is a godly existence, a divine existence. God not as a person but as a presence certainly exists. But to…
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True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz…
— Julia Hill
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There have been many poets who have lived at the fifth center of creativity and never gone ahead - many painters, many…
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Our "life education" has not necessarily taught us a satisfying way to live. We suffer from a vague sense that there must…
— Shakti Gawain
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Spirituality does not lie in meditating on the body of an ex-master. Spirituality exists in mediating on your own inner body.
— Amit Ray
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The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.
— Stephen Nachmanovitch
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Intelligence is present everywhere in our bodies . . . our own inner intelligence is far superior to any we can try…
— Deepak Chopra
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