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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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Different Man Mistake Standard Truth Ultimate Yourself
The sound of water says what I think.
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Myself Sound Thinking Water
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Lost Man Need Religion 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
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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Heart Insight Intellectual Knowledge Pierce
A path is made by walking on it.
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Inspirational Journey One Liner Path Walk
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Deep Ocean One Liner
Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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Earth Fortune Goodness heavy Stay Way
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 I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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Eyes Goodness Hearing Listening Myself Sight Talk
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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Calm Compete Complete Disturb Ease Manifestation Priest Rest Sage Virtue
All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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Forget Himself Man Word

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

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