"Be still like a mountain and flow like…" — Laozi
"Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
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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…
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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…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
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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…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…
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Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.
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But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed…
— Chinua Achebe
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Genres aren't closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time.
— Margaret Atwood
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of…
— Teresa of Avila
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
— Sai Baba
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A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
— Honore de Balzac
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Tyra the businesswoman is very close to - and I hate third person, but you said it, oh, chiiild, you…
— Tyra Banks
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Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our…
— Bruce Barton
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The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were…
— Vinoba Bhave
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And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their…
— Aeschylus
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Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my…
— Johannes Brahms
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Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations…
— William J. Brennan
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