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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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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
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Beautiful Existence Rare Regard Transformation Ugly Value
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Finding Happiness Opinion Stop Yourself
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
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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Flow Spiritual Struggle Universe Yourself
The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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Division Fast Forget Hold People Return See
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Flow Freedom Mindset Yourself
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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Fame Fear Pursue Risk Scholar
To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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Beginning End Exercise Flow Religious Road Spirituality Thinking
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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Desire Fade Happiness Loss Nature Vulgar Worth
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Affirmation Attachment Negative Oneself Religious
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Known Men Utility
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Clear Precise Shallow True Understand Wisdom Word
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity

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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