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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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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Difficult Fortunate Gratitude Lose Moments Myself Opportunity Possession Realize Snow Strength Trouble Virtue
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Deep Existence Forget Literature Meaning Poet Word Yourself
Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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Alone Goodness Result
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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Creature Ocean Season Summer Talk 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
I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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Listening Reckless Talk Try Word Yourself
To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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Alone Ancient Essence Fundamental Intelligence Quiet Spiritual Technique
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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Mad Man Negative Positive
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Ignorance People Philosophy
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Constant Happiness Nature Oneself Perfection Realize
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Gradual Opinion Ourselves Perspective Point View
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection

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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