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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Expectation Guide Yourself
Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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Awake Dreams Myself Yourself
Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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Artificial Destiny Fame Natural Sacrifice Virtue
The sound of water says what I think.
ZHUANGZI

Myself Sound Thinking Water
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
ZHUANGZI

Awake Easy Fools Imagination Reality Understand
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
ZHUANGZI

Action Root Silence
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Form Human Joy
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Himself Mindset Mirror Perfection Regret
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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Different Man Mistake Standard Truth Ultimate Yourself
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
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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Deep Follow Teacher True Wisdom
Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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Mad Man Negative Positive

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

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