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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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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Born Compare Death Life Possible
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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Knowledge Known Perfection Philosophy Religious Spirituality Study True Unknown
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Essence Lost Lying Precious Yourself
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Form Human Joy
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Calm Mindset Water
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
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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Aware Confusion Fools Worst
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
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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Calm Creation Mindset Mirror Universe Water
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
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
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Action Root Silence

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