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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.

Zhuangzi

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
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Deep Ocean One Liner
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Body Death Life Share Store
There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Difficult Fortunate Gratitude Lose Moments Myself Opportunity Possession Realize Snow Strength Trouble Virtue
I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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Listening Reckless Talk Try Word Yourself
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Essence Lost Lying Precious 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
To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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Bliss Count Form Happiness Human Joy Source Transition
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
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
A path is made by walking on it.
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Inspirational Journey One Liner Path Walk

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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