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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.

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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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Discrimination Embrace Failure Man Myself Ordinary See
Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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Breathe Control Inspirational Magic Meditation Power Strength
For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Knowledge Known
Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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Admire Judgement Man Strength Walk Way
He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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Carry Growth Himself Lose Machine Work
The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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Capacity Clear Eyes Mindset Organ Wisdom
Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Change Destiny One Liner Oneself
A path is made by walking on it.
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Inspirational Journey One Liner Path Walk
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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Awake Easy Fools Imagination Reality Understand
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Fine Philosophy Rest Understand
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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Earth Life Nature Return
Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Beginning Born Death End
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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Different Man Mistake Standard Truth Ultimate Yourself
All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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Forget Himself Man Word

Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.

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