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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.

Zhuangzi

Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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Cloud Follow Heaven Light Understand Wisdom Yourself
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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Animal Drink Hairs Horse Nature Protection Reality Skin
Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Beginning Born Death End
The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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Chaos Doubt Priest
Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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Empty Heart Light Room Window
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Finding Happiness Opinion Stop Yourself
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
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
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Deep Existence Forget Literature Meaning Poet Word Yourself
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Himself Mindset Mirror Perfection Regret
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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Different Man Mistake Standard Truth Ultimate Yourself
The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Help Man Old Perfection
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Fine Philosophy Rest Understand

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