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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.

Zhuangzi

Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
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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Admire Judgement Man Strength Walk Way
Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Enemy Fools Mistake Realize
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Gradual Opinion Ourselves Perspective Point View
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
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
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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Awakening Dreams Greatness Realize Wake Up
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
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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Conflict Harmony Life Stop
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Action Root Silence
The sound of water says what I think.
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Myself Sound Thinking Water
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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Desire Fade Happiness Loss Nature Vulgar Worth
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Complication Confusion Effect Existence Forget Life Obsession Ourselves Society
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy

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