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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.

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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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Beginning Born Death Existence Limitation Philosophy Spiritual Start
Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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Alone Goodness Result
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Deep Man Mirror Run Water
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
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
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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Beginning Enjoyment Himself Nervous Skill Target
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
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
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
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
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
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 World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World

Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.

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