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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
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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Clear Dangerous Eyes Greatness Heart Sharp
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
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Constant Happiness Nature Oneself Perfection Realize
A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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Bright Confusion Doubt Light Sage
Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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Broad Busy Calm Greatness Understand
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
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Complication Confusion Effect Existence Forget Life Obsession Ourselves Society
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Establishment Fact Right Word Yourself
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Awake Born Calm Death Quiet Sleep
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Children Deep Learning Live Talk Teacher
The creature born is the creature dying.
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Born Creature Death
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory

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