Laozi
Philosopher
"Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die."
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Blocked
18 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Victor Hugo
Novelist, Poet
"All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word 'no.' To 'no' there is only one answer and that is 'yes."
Pema Chodron
Buddhist Teacher, Author
"Opening to the world begins to benefit ourselves and others simultaneously. The more we relate with others, the more quickly we discover where we're blocked."
Rollo May
Psychologist, Author
"To say a person is a coward has no more meaning than to say he is lazy: It simply tells us that some vital potentiality is unrealized or blocked."
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