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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

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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
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Flow Freedom Mindset Yourself
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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Affect Ceremony Charity Donation Lost Man Mindset Music Nature Original Satisfaction Seek
And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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Death Hate Lost Man Myself Name Return Young
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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Earth Life Nature Return
The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Help Man Old Perfection
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Automatic Body Care Strong Willing
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
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
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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Calm Compete Complete Disturb Ease Manifestation Priest Rest Sage Virtue
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Awake Born Calm Death Quiet Sleep

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

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