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Returns Quotes by Laozi
- He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will…
- All things flourish, and each returns to its source.
- The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each…
- The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are…
- Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in…
- All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do…
- Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is…
More Returns Quotes
- There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong… — Jean Cocteau
- Kindness comes back like a boomerang to those who are kind. Perhaps, its return takes years. Perhaps, the kindness returns from a… — John Templeton
- He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of… — Laozi
- The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every… — Lloyd deMause
- A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some… — Susan Faludi
- Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. — Charles Kingsley
- The sun, moving as it does, sets up processes of change and becoming and decay, and by its agency the finest and… — Aristotle
- The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld