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Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares