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Wisdom about fitness.
What people have learned about fitness the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.
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From the library
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The perception of what is small is (the secret of) clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Who uses well his light, Reverting to its (source so) bright, Will from his body ward all blight, And hides the unchanging from men's sight.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Hence he who (relies on) the strength of his forces does not conquer; and a tree which is strong will fill the out-stretched arms, (and thereby invites the feller.)
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The course and nature of things is such that What was in front is now behind; What warmed anon we freezing find. Strength is of weakness oft the spoil; The store in ruins mocks our toil. Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence.
To him by whom this harmony is known, (The secret of) the unchanging (Tao) is shown, And in the knowledge wisdom finds its throne. All life-increasing arts to evil turn; Where the mind makes the vital breath to burn, (False) is the strength, (and o'er it we should mourn.)
Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his female feebleness maintains; As to one channel flow the many drains, All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky. Thus he the constant excellence retains; The simple child again, free from all stains. Who knows how white attracts, Yet always keeps himself within black's shade, The pattern of humility displayed, Displayed in view of all beneath the…