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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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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he…
— Sai Baba
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Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle…
— James Buchan
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Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.
— David Byrne
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When in times of turmoil and breakup, do not cut or shave your head, because it will never end well.
— Christine Lakin
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Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of…
— Frank Stella
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What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must…
— Lord Byron
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You can make really effective changes when your consciousness is free of emotional turmoil.
— Ken Keyes Jr.
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In time, lies bring turmoil, where honesty brings peace.
— Wes Fesler
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Mind is a crowd of many desires; it is not a single desire. Mind is multi-psychic, and all the fragments are falling…
— Rajneesh
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The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated…
— Gerald Holton
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I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.
— W. Eugene Smith
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As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing…
— Alan Watts
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