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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

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The true man breathes with his heels.
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Breathe Heel Man One Liner Philosophy True
Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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Alone Goodness Result
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Essence Lost Lying Precious Yourself
You are still guided by your expectations.
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Expectation Guide Yourself
A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Greatness Nation Prison Rule
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Awake Born Calm Death Quiet Sleep
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Deep Ocean One Liner
Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Establishment Fact Right Word 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
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
If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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Life Point Purpose
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
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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Clear Dangerous Eyes Greatness Heart Sharp

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