Rigidity quotes

Rigidity

11 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

11 quotes
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist

"They (i. e., the Pythagoreans) did not advocate the free confrontation of conflicting points of view. Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practised a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors."

Laozi
Laozi Philosopher

"Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death."

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