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Substance Quotes by Laozi
- What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.
- The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.
- Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising…
- That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.
- The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This…
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- Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
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- Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. — Aesop
- Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river;… — Jorge Luis Borges
- I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a… — David Bowie
- As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you… — Jo Brand
- We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies,… — Les Brown
- All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
- Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. — Abraham Cahan
- Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything. — Julia Cameron
- The only substance properly so called is the soul. — Henri Frederic Amiel