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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 takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds. Some people…
— Ivan Illich
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It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit; divorced from it, they remain barren.
— Bertrand Russell
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Ideas, unlike solid structures, do not perish. They remain immortal, immaterial and everywhere, like all Divine things. Ideas are a golden, savage…
— Alan Moore
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When they remain silent, they cry out.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Man is afraid, the world is a strange world, and man wants to be secure, safe. In childhood the father protects, the…
— Rajneesh
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You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.
— Ellen Goodman
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If…
— Herbert Spencer
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The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance…
— Thomas Jefferson
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[M]en will be free no longer then while they remain virtuous.
— Samuel Adams
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The rights of children as individuals begin while yet they remain the foetus...Whoever has read the 'Weekly' knows I hold abortion (except…
— Victoria Woodhull
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Buddha says: Life should be simple, not complex. Life should be based on needs, not on desires. Needs are perfectly okay: you…
— Rajneesh
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Technology may change rapidly, but people change slowly. The principals [of design] come from understanding of people. They remain true forever.
— Donald A. Norman
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