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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.

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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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Deep Follow Teacher True Wisdom
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
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
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
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Automatic Body Care Strong Willing
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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Course Flow Infinity Mindset Purity Simplicity Yourself
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Deep Ocean One Liner
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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Hide Himself Man Perfection Person Respect Sight
The sound of water says what I think.
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Myself Sound Thinking Water
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Greatness Inspirational Knowledge Limitation Literature Poet Small Universe Value
Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Death Deep Diversity Live Men Nature Taste Water
The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Body Death Life Share Store
Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Deep Man Mirror Run Water

A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.

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