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Archivist Inspirational Quotes (886)

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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
Laozi
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While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral and intellectual qualities of human beings-upon the spirit that animates mankind.
Mary Ritter Beard
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Click-throughs on a video are often much higher than a standard website listing on the front page of Google. If you see a video in the Google results... it stands out a lot more than a regular website listing does, so [it] tends to attract more clicks.
Matthew Carter
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Conduct your triumph as a funeral.
Laozi
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When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.
Laozi
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The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.
Laozi
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Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light.
Laozi
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.
Laozi
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
Laozi
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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
Laozi
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The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.
Laozi
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Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.
Laozi
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Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.
Laozi
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The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.
Laozi
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The brittle is easy to shatter.
Laozi
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Things are not worth attending to, yet they have to be attended to.
Laozi
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
Laozi
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There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!
Henri Langlois
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
Laozi
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
Laozi
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Pounding an edge to sharpness will not make it last.
Laozi
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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
Laozi
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The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised ... The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!
Laozi
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In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!
Laozi
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