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Supple Quotes by Laozi
- Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus…
- Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and…
- All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.
- When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft…
- The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like…
- Attending fully and becoming supple, Can you be as a newborn babe?
- If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and…
More Supple Quotes
- Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle… — Laozi
- Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red… — Samuel Ullman
- Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life,… — Laozi
- Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of… — Sogyal Rinpoche
- Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger.… — Alexis de Tocqueville
- Whoever would have his body supple, easy and healthful should learn to dance. — Socrates
- You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of… — William Zinsser
- Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions… — Jack Vance
- Whenever we find stiffness in the body, our mind should be especially supple. It is never the stiffness in our bodies that… — Geeta Iyengar
- May my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if its sunday may i be wrong for… — E E Cummings
- Contrology is not a system of haphazard exercises designed to produce only bulging muscles. ... Nor does Contrology err either by over-developed… — Joseph Pilates
- Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body.… — Joseph Pilates