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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.

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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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Life Point Purpose
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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Acceptance Man Object Reality Rejoice Tolerance World
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
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
The creature born is the creature dying.
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Born Creature Death
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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Cherish Curse Knowledge Yourself
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
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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Beginning End Exercise Flow Religious Road Spirituality Thinking
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
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Beginning Born Death End

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