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The eyes envy the mind.

Zhuangzi

He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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God Himself Man Reward Work
To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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Charge Dangerous Solution Yourself
To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Form Human Joy
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Fine Philosophy Rest Understand
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
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
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Greatness Nation Prison Rule
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Ignorance People Philosophy
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
Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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Awake Dreams Myself Yourself
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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Complete Empty Full Religion Source
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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Death Drive Human Knowledge Life Limitation Oneself Pursuit

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