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The ancient masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable.

—Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Book of Virtue
Category: WisdomMood: ReflectiveTags: #ancients #subtlety #depth #wisdom
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The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no substance enters where there is no crevice.

—Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Book of Virtue
Category: ResilienceMood: BoldTags: #softness #penetration #subtlety #water
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It is the quietest words that bring on the storm. Thoughts that come on doves' feet guide the world.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Category: WisdomMood: SereneTags: #stillness #subtlety #power #thought
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The voice of beauty speaks softly: it steals only into the most awakened souls.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
Category: CreativityMood: SereneTags: #beauty #awakening #soul #subtlety
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What is necessary is to give space to the quiet, subtle processes of the soul that happen when we cease to force our will.

—Carl Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
Category: SpiritualityMood: SereneTags: #stillness #soul #subtlety #letting-go
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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness.

—Sun Tzu, The Art of War (Sunzi Bingfa)
Category: WisdomMood: PhilosophicalTags: #subtlety #mastery #quietness #presence
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The most subtle folly is produced by the most subtle wisdom.

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections on Diverse Subjects (Réflexions diverses)
Category: PsychologyMood: ReflectiveTags: #folly #wisdom #subtlety #paradox
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The greatest carver leaves no cutting marks.

—Zhuangzi, The Book of Zhuangzi, Chapter 2
Category: Purpose & WorkMood: PhilosophicalTags: #zhuangzi #artistry #subtlety #mastery #seamless
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