Lao Tzu Quotes
The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.
Lao Tzu
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If we do not pay attention to ourselves in our practice, then we cannot call it yoga.
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar
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Sufre mas el que espera siempre que aquel que nunca espero a nadie? Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?
Pablo Neruda
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It's difficult to beat making your living thinking and writing about subjects that matter to you.
Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good.
Pablo Escobar
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The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.
William Harvey
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In our election manifesto is: we keep the right to create money and to bring in circulation, for the cause of the government ... Those who do not share this view, reply us to the issue of paper money is for the banks, the government should stay out of the banking business. I agree with Jefferson's opinion ... and just like him I say again: the issue of money is a matter for the government and the banks should stay out of government activity.
William Jennings Bryan
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The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word "hypothesis," though euphonious, dignified and high-sounding, is merely a scientific synonym for the old-fashioned word "guess." If Darwin had advanced his views as a guess they would not have survived for a year, but they have floated for half a century, buoyed up by the inflated word "hypothesis." When it is understood that "hypothesis" means "guess," people will inspect it more carefully before accepting it.
William Jennings Bryan
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Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.
William James
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The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.
Marvin J. Ashton
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not.
Lao Tzu
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.
Lao Tzu
