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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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Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all the adornment…
— Tertullian
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People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.
— Klaus Kinski
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Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed…
— Laozi
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Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion,…
— Thomas a Kempis
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My life is essentially not so unique. On some deeper levels we feel the same, we know the same things. Therefore if…
— Jonas Mekas
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In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this,…
— Timothy Keller
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I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money,…
— Walter Wangerin
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Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain…
— Johannes Tauler
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All things therefore are charged with love, are charged with God and if we knew how to touch them give off sparks…
— Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it…
— Thomas Kempis
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