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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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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
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Knowledge Known
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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Butterfly Dreams Man Myself
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
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
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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Death Drive Human Knowledge Life Limitation Oneself Pursuit
Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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Beyond Creativity Expression Myself Realize Thinking Willing
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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Aware Confusion Fools Worst
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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Capacity Clear Eyes Mindset Organ Wisdom
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Himself Mindset Mirror Perfection Regret
You are still guided by your expectations.
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Expectation Guide Yourself
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Flow Freedom Mindset Yourself

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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