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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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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power…
— Francis Bacon
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Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
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I don't seek power and do not run around
— Benoit Mandelbrot
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Liberty is not about class war, income war, race war, national war, a war between the sexes, or any other conflict apart…
— Jeffrey Tucker
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When your actions are motivated by love, you expend least effort and your energy multiplies, allowing you to create anything you want,…
— Deepak Chopra
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Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.
— Frank Herbert
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Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.
— Plato
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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.
— Laozi
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There are few problems in the world that economic prosperitycannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierceattack. The…
— Ziad K. Abdelnour
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It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and…
— Gore Vidal
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Women don't seek power for its own sake, but to make a difference and overcome each challenge
— Kathleen Wynne
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For the weak who seek power it'll bring, infallible the power, knowledge is king.
— Kool Moe Dee
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