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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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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy.…
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Above all, look for the loving, which is how all of this works. Without love, no matter what else we have, it…
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One works without thinking how to work.
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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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When all hopes of recognition or honor have faded into distant memory, when purity of heart meets sorrow of mind, when all…
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Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality
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My heart belongs to the details. I actually always found them to be more important than the big picture. Nothing works without…
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The unconscious mind works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.
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No conscious person can read Peter D'Adamo's works without considering much more thoughtfully how their genetic inheritance relates to their needs for…
— Jeffrey Bland
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell…
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for…
— Pliny the Elder
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