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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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Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not…
— Pema Chodron
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That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating,…
— John Updike
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For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
— Xenophanes
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It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it, and certain things do change; certain things…
— Jonathan Franzen
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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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Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and the wild…
— Mervyn Peake
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The sooner you make a mistake and learn to live with it, the better. You're not responsible for everything. You can't control…
— Courtney Summers
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The most terrible things end, at last.
— James Theodore Bent
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Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able…
— Elizabeth Scott
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This is not the way these tales end," Calliope said firmly. "This is not the way that things end when they get…
— John Barnes
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These things end,” she said. “They always end. Nobody marries their first love. First love is just that. First. It’s implied that…
— Rainbow Rowell
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