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 | "On average, an infant laughs nearly two hundred times a day; an
adult, only twelve. Maybe they are laughing so much because they are
looking at us. To be able to preserve joyousness of heart and yet to be
concerned in thought: in this way we can determine good fortune and
misfortune on earth, and bring to perfection everything on earth." | |
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| "The man is indecisively unable to deal with adversity and is
oppressed by something which should not oppress him. He leans on things
like thorns and thistles, which are hazardous yet cannot support
him." | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "A person must learn to be adaptable and serve others in order to
rule. Willing followers are not acquired by force or cunning but through
consistency in doing what is human and proper." | |
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Found in the topic Adapt.
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| "The man is quiet, but firm as a rock, yet sensitive to the first
imperceptible signs of impending changes. He does not delay in taking
action." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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| "A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should
first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will
come by creative adaptations." | |
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Found in the topic Danger.
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| "Heaven and water go their opposite ways: The image of CONFLICT. Thus
in all his transactions the superior man Carefully considers the
beginning." | |
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Found in the topic Conflict.
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| "Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must
exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be
alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance." | |
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Found in the topic Plan.
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| "When thunder comes it relieves the tension and promotes positive
action. Music can do the same by making people enthusiastic and united
together. When used to promote good it brings them closer to
heaven." | |
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Found in the topic Music.
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| "The great man with vigor should demand the rightness of things,
timeliness of action, and propriety of method. In this way, power does not
degenerate into sheer force." | |
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Found in the topic Right.
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| "It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that
decline must follow a rise. To feel that we can rest on our achievements
is a dangerous fallacy. Inner strength can overcome anything that occurs
outside." | |
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Found in the topic Achievement.
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| "Instead of solid accomplishments, the man pursues pleasures and
self-gratification. He will never achieve anything so long as he is
surrounded by dissipating temptations." | |
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Found in the topic Pleasure.
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| "Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming
together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all
that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions." | |
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Found in the topic Good.
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| "One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which
is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course,
adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his
goals" | |
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Found in the topic Endure.
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