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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.

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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
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
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
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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Flow Spiritual Struggle Universe Yourself
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Easy Forget Journey Right Way
The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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Discrimination Embrace Failure Man Myself Ordinary See
Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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Enjoyment Goodness Laughter Run
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Attention Enlightenment Equality Mirror Respond Welcome
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
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Condition Life Man Natural River Way
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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Awake Easy Fools Imagination Reality Understand
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary

When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.

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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.

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