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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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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the…
— Hannah Arendt
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To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
— Gaston Bachelard
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Well, one gets out of bed and the planets don't always hiss or muck up the day, each day.
— Anne Sexton
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Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than…
— Bent Larsen
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It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well…
— Laozi
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Well one thing's for sure.. all you really need is love.
— Brad Paisley
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Well, one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is, as Nietzsche said, Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you…
— Joseph Campbell
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To kiss well one must kiss solely. No groping hands or stammering hearts. The lips and the lips alone are the pleasure.…
— Jeanette Winterson
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But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he…
— Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.
— Sharon Olds
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There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl…
— Chris Van Allsburg
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