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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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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
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Certain characteristics of the subject are clear. To begin with, we do not in this subject deal with particular things or particular…
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Formality Thus the absence of all mention of particular things or properties in logic or pure mathematics is a necessary result of…
— Bertrand Russell
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Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and…
— Jim Hodges
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Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're…
— Laura Innes
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The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.…
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To describe the animate life of particular things is simply the most precise and parsimonious way to articulate the things as we…
— David Abram
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects…
— John Ortberg
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I actually feel most at home when I find people who make me feel really dumb, who are brilliant at their particular…
— Mick Ebeling
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