"The rigid tree will be felled." — Laozi
"The rigid tree will be felled."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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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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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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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Grief-stricken. Stricken is right; it is as though you had been felled. Knocked to the ground; pitched out of life…
— Penelope Lively
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Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and…
— Peter Cundall
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Woods and forests have been essentialt to the imagination of these islands, and of countries throughout the world, for centuries.…
— Robert Macfarlane
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We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of…
— George Perkins Marsh
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After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.
— James G. Watt
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Trees for example, carry the memory of rainfal. In their rings we read ancient weather - storms, sunlight and temperatures,…
— Anne Michaels
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After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from…
— Markus Zusak
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Elend: "Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second…
— Brandon Sanderson
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He’s stronger than this. He’s always been stronger… (Vane) Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I remember you skin those brown eyes I once felled in love with your smile I adored and I luvs…
— Courtney Hood
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Dun fall for those hu dun fall back otherwise u ll see yourself felled in hell
— Impy Singh
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