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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.

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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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Empty Listening Mindset Recognition Spirit Wait
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
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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Ancient Existence Knowledge Point Reach Time
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
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
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
The creature born is the creature dying.
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Born Creature Death
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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Breathe Control Inspirational Magic Meditation Power Strength
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Generous Greatness Passion Small Speech Wisdom
Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Beginning Born Death End
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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Infinite Point Religious Separate Sight View Yourself
Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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Beginning Easy Forget Right Yourself
Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Enemy Fools Mistake Realize

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