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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Essence Lost Lying Precious Yourself
For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Knowledge Known
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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Clear Dangerous Eyes Greatness Heart Sharp
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Clear Precise Shallow True Understand Wisdom Word
A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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Different Power Stop Wall
To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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Alone Ancient Essence Fundamental Intelligence Quiet Spiritual Technique
A path is made by walking on it.
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Inspirational Journey One Liner Path Walk
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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Beyond Dependent Honor Knowledge Lying Man
The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Case Death Finding Live Pleasant Return
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Fine Philosophy Rest Understand
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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Earth Life Nature Return

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