"Whatever is flexible and living will tend to……" — Laozi

"Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die."

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…
Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall…
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he…
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams…
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…

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My research has shown me that when emotions are expressed-which is to say that the biochemicals that are the substrate… — Candace Pert
It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown. — Unknown Author
I can't hear what Jeremy says because my ears are blocked with my two Stanley Cup Rings. — Patrick Roy
Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward. — Vernon Howard
It was a heavenly summer, the summer in which France fell and the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk.… — Eva Ibbotson
[To] mechanical progress there is apparently no end: for as in the past so in the future, each step in… — Unknown Author
Find your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your… — Bear Bryant
If something isn't working, if you have a story that you've built and it's blocked and you can't figure it… — Joss Whedon
There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be… — Lawrence Taylor
It puts a ceiling on your progress. You're blocked by your pride. To get good, you have to throw your… — Rodney Mullen
When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of… — Charles William Eliot
Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions. — Deepak Chopra

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