"Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness……" — Laozi
"Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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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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High thoughts must have high language.
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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
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