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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.

Zhuangzi

You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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Creature Ocean Season Summer Talk Yourself
To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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Charge Dangerous Solution Yourself
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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Flow Spiritual Struggle Universe Yourself
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Chaos Excellence People Strive
Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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Earth Fortune Goodness heavy Stay Way
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Condition Life Man Natural River Way
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
The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Help Man Old Perfection
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
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Greatness Inspirational Knowledge Limitation Literature Poet Small Universe Value
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Complication Confusion Effect Existence Forget Life Obsession Ourselves Society
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
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 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

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