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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.

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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Forget Heart Right
To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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Ignorance Knowledge True Yourself
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
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
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
Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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Complete Empty Full Religion Source
Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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Flow Himself Identify Intelligence Nature Path Religion Whole
During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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Awakening Dreams Greatness Realize Wake Up
A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Greatness Nation Prison Rule
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Clear Precise Shallow True Understand Wisdom Word
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
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Action Root Silence
Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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Cherish Curse Knowledge Yourself

Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.

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