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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 call the light and high aspects of my being spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul. Soul is at home…
— Dalai Lama
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Forget all you know or think you know; Abandon power and enforced decree. Inward, where the deepest rivers flow, Find the currents…
— Unknown Author
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There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Soviet Union, no China, no Taiwan...Rivers flow unimpeded across…
— Jacques Yves Cousteau
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The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
— Quintus Curtius Rufus
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The rivers flow long distances and their goodness spreads all over far and wide. We are far from each other but our…
— Unknown Author
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The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly-…
— Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
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I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.
— Paulo Coelho
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The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in…
— Laozi
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The ancient Irish bards knew the Salmon of Knowledge as the giver of all life's wisdom. In the salmon's leap of understanding…
— Lynn Culbreath Noel
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Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm…
— Dalai Lama
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I hope that God forgive us, all of us sinners turn us back into beginners, put us up where the winners go,…
— Lupe Fiasco
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Like two rivers flow to the sea, someday we'll reunite for all eternity.
— Avril Lavigne
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