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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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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
A path is made by walking on it.
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Inspirational Journey One Liner Path Walk
Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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Admire Judgement Man Strength Walk Way
Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Enemy Fools Mistake Realize
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
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Greatness Inspirational Knowledge Limitation Literature Poet Small Universe Value
To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Form Human Joy
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Essence Lost Lying Precious Yourself
The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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Chaos Doubt Priest
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
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
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
The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Easy Forget Journey Right Way
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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Break Greatness Knowledge Oneself Small
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

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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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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