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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

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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
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Calm Mindset Water
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Constant Happiness Nature Oneself Perfection Realize
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
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
All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Lost Man Need Religion Water
Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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Animal Drink Hairs Horse Nature Protection Reality Skin
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
The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Easy Forget Journey Right Way
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 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
The creature born is the creature dying.
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Born Creature Death
To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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Ignorance Knowledge True Yourself
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Deep Existence Forget Literature Meaning Poet Word Yourself

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