Lao Tzu Quotes

That, which others compress - will widen up and open. That, which others weaken - will strengthen. That, which others destroy - will blossom. Whoever wished to take something from the other, will inevitably loose his own.

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• Exposure is about, among other things, the ferocity of the press and the way - in an echo of some of Shakespeare's plays - the modern media creates heroes to destroy them.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Media
  • Destroy
  • Heroes

• It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Fear
  • Diversity
  • Destroy

• To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Up
  • Government
  • Down

• Economic, social, and other kinds of regional cooperation are not possible so long as there is apartheid. Therefore, it seems the duty of all mankind to destroy it.

  

  Samora Machel
  • Long
  • Destroy
  • Cooperation

• Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Future
  • Friendship
  • Option

• A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • People
  • Police
  • Destroy

• The main aim of the Palestinians is to destroy the state of Israel.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Destroy
  • Aim
  • Israel

• They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do to destroy whatever existed here in the way of Indian society.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • Society
  • Way
  • Destroy

• Between Twitter and Facebook, early word of mouth for a film can destroy it immediately or take something you've never heard of and make it a huge hit.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Never
  • Destroy
  • Early

• Remember, this country had a man named J. Edgar Hoover, whose job it was to destroy the credibility of any black man coming up.

  

  Tupac Shakur
  • Country
  • Job
  • Remember

• The essential facts are known. We know of the weapons in Saddam's possession: chemical, biological, and nuclear in time. We know of his unequaled willingness to use them. We know his history. His invasions of his neighbors. His dreams of achieving hegemonic control over the Arab world. His record of anti-American rage. His willingness to terrorize, to slaughter, to suppress his own people and others. We need not stretch to imagine nightmare scenarios in which Saddam makes common cause with the terrorists who want to kill us Americans and destroy our way of life.

  

  Joe Lieberman
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it, I destroy it because it's no longer coming from my unconscious.

  

  Al Pacino
  • Painting
  • Destroy
  • Unconscious

• The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

  

  Alan Paton
  • Men
  • Destroy
  • Creator

• If the Arabs are strong enough, they would destroy the whole world,therefore, we should annihilate them.

  

  Keanu Reeves
  • World
  • Strong
  • Destroy

• Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Children
  • Education
  • Mischievous

• I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Soul
  • Destroy

• Bibi wants to destroy everything for his own personal interests.

  

  Ehud Olmert
  • Destroy
  • Interests
  • Bibi

• We've spent too much on how to destroy and blow up things with the military and too little on our health care, and too little on education, and it goes on.

  

  Eleanor Smeal
  • Up
  • Education
  • Health

• Different countries have different kinds of financial structures.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Different
  • Financial
  • Countries

• The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

  

  Shirley Hufstedler
  • Success
  • Keys
  • Rhythm Of Life

• Lawyers, before any other group, must continue to point out how the system is really working-how it actually affects real people. They must constantly demonstrate to courts and legislatures alike the tragic results of legal nonintervention. They must highlight how legal doctrines no longer bear any relation to reality, whether in landlord and tenant law, holder in due course law, or any other law. In sum, lawyers must bring real morality into the legal consciousness

  

  William J. Brennan, Jr.
  • People
  • Real
  • Reality

• It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.

  

  Patricia Schroeder
  • People
  • Food
  • Military

• That, which others compress - will widen up and open. That, which others weaken - will strengthen. That, which others destroy - will blossom. Whoever wished to take something from the other, will inevitably loose his own.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Destroy
  • Loose
  • Weaken