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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Difficult Fortunate Gratitude Lose Moments Myself Opportunity Possession Realize Snow Strength Trouble Virtue
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 ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Body Death Life Share Store
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Forget Heart Right
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
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
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle
The sound of water says what I think.
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Myself Sound Thinking Water
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Death Deep Diversity Live Men Nature Taste Water
Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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