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I Ching:The unassuming youth seeking instruction


The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
by I Ching


I Ching:The superior man acquaints himself with


The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
by I Ching


I Ching:Of all that is good, sublimity is


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.
by I Ching


I Ching:Change is certain. Peace is followed by


Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim.
by I Ching


I Ching:Adversity breaks the inferior man's will


Adversity breaks the inferior man's will but only bends the superior man's spirit. Outward influence is denied the great man, who accordingly uses words sparingly but retains his central position.
by I Ching


I Ching:The way of the Creative works through


The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.
by I Ching


I Ching:It is an inexorable Law of Nature that


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.
by I Ching


Joseph Heller:When I grow up I want to be a


When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
by Joseph Heller


New Yorker:But that's what being an artist


But that's what being an artist is
by New Yorker


Chuang:I do not know whether I was then a man


I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
by Chuang


Walt Whitman:Do I contradict myself? Very well


Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes).
by Walt Whitman


Rabbi Hillel:If I am not for myself, who will be


If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I?And if not now, when?
by Rabbi Hillel


Mason Cooley:I cannot give advice. How can I


I cannot give advice. How can I when I do not authorise success. I authorise it alright. Smile.
by Mason Cooley


Gertrude Stein:I cannot give advice. How can I


I cannot give advice. How can I when I do not authorise success. I authorise it alright. Smile.
by Gertrude Stein


George Flaubert:Success, as I see it, is a


Success, as I see it, is a result, not a goal.
by George Flaubert


W. H. Auden:Among those whom I like or admire, I


Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
by W. H. Auden


Horace:In labouring to be concise, I become


In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
by Horace


Thomas Moore:Mary, I believed thee true, And I


Mary, I believed thee true, And I was blest in thus believing; But now I mourn that ever I knew A girl so fair and so deceiving.
by Thomas Moore


Ralph Waldo Emerson:All I have seen teaches me


All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Johann Von Goethe:What I possess I would gladly


What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
by Johann Von Goethe


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