"The wise man puts himself last and finds…" — Laozi
"The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first."
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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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Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
— Matthew Arnold
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Each book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once…
— Paul Auster
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
— Teresa of Avila
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
— Francis Bacon
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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of…
— Francis Bacon
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The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
— Honore de Balzac
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Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its…
— Honore de Balzac
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.
— Annie Besant
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