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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.

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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Children Deep Learning Live Talk Teacher
To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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Beginning End Exercise Flow Religious Road Spirituality Thinking
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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Argument Energy Exhaust Form Heaven Point Soul Tree
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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Finding Forget Man Myself Talk Word
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
You are still guided by your expectations.
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Expectation Guide Yourself
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
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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Animal Creature Eyes Heart Jealous Wind
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Constant Happiness Nature Oneself Perfection Realize
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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Butterfly Dreams Man Myself

Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.

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