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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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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Finding Happiness Opinion Stop Yourself
Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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Empty Listening Mindset Recognition Spirit Wait
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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Fame Fear Pursue Risk Scholar
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Calm Mindset Water
For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Knowledge Known
The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Help Man Old Perfection
Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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Artificial Destiny Fame Natural Sacrifice Virtue
The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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Chaos Doubt Priest
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
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Fine Philosophy Rest Understand
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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Beyond Dependent Honor Knowledge Lying Man
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

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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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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