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“Realpolitik for Bismarck depended on flexibility and on the ability to exploit every available option without the constraint of ideology.” Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy
“Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.” Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy
“I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The...” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“Not being tense but ready, not thinking yet not dreaming, not being set but flexible — it is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.” Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

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truth choice complexity hardness awareness readiness softness ideology open-mindedness realpolitik

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