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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.

Zhuangzi

All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Lost Man Need Religion Water
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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Beginning Born Death Existence Limitation Philosophy Spiritual Start
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Acceptance Flow Mindset Stay Ultimate
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Affirmation Attachment Negative Oneself Religious
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Complication Confusion Effect Existence Forget Life Obsession Ourselves Society
The sound of water says what I think.
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Myself Sound Thinking Water
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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Different Power Stop Wall
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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Beginning Consistent Glow Greatness Heaven Point
When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Forget Heart Right
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Chaos Excellence People Strive
Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
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Argument Clear Difference Need Right
People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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Guide Knowledge Order People Reach Value
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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Aware Confusion Fools Worst

He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.

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