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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?

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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle
A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Greatness Nation Prison Rule
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Action Root Silence
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Case Death Finding Live Pleasant Return
Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Born Compare Death Life Possible
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
Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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Cloud Follow Heaven Light Understand Wisdom Yourself
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Deep Ocean One Liner
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
Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Enemy Fools Mistake Realize
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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Beginning Enjoyment Himself Nervous Skill Target
Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Deep Man Mirror Run Water
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Automatic Body Care Strong Willing

The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?

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