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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.

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And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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Death Hate Lost Man Myself Name Return Young
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Automatic Body Care Strong Willing
The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Case Death Finding Live Pleasant Return
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
Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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God Himself Man Reward Work
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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Different Power Stop Wall
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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Heart Mindset Soul Understand Yourself
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Condition Life Man Natural River Way
The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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Ancient Existence Knowledge Point Reach Time
The true man breathes with his heels.
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Breathe Heel Man One Liner Philosophy True
A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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Bright Confusion Doubt Light Sage

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