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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.

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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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Bliss Count Form Happiness Human Joy Source Transition
Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Enemy Fools Mistake Realize
Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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God Himself Man Reward Work
People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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Guide Knowledge Order People Reach Value
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
When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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Infinite Point Religious Separate Sight View Yourself
The true man breathes with his heels.
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Breathe Heel Man One Liner Philosophy True
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Action Root Silence
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
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Affirmation Attachment Negative Oneself Religious
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
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
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Establishment Fact Right Word Yourself
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity

The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.

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