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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.

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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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Eyes Goodness Hearing Listening Myself Sight Talk
The creature born is the creature dying.
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Born Creature Death
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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Awake Easy Fools Imagination Reality Understand
A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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Bright Confusion Doubt Light Sage
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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Earth Life Nature Return
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
Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Enemy Fools Mistake Realize
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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Break Greatness Knowledge Oneself Small
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
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
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
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
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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Butterfly Dreams Man Myself
The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Children Deep Learning Live Talk Teacher
Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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Flow Himself Identify Intelligence Nature Path Religion Whole
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.

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