"Stillness overcomes heat." — Laozi
"Stillness overcomes heat."
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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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More Heat Quotes
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Wind is God's way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it's hotter to…
— Joe Barton
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For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering…
— Bob Beauprez
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It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and…
— John Belushi
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For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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It ain't the heat, it's the humility.
— Yogi Berra
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and…
— Wendell Berry
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As the heat of the coal differs from the coal itself, so do memory, perception, judgment, emotion, and will, differ…
— Annie Besant
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Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been…
— Michael Bloomberg
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I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat…
— Christina Aguilera
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Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed…
— Geraldine Brooks
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Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be…
— Alton Brown
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