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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Zhuangzi
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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended.
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Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do so is their TAO. But it is not from extensive study that this may be known, nor by dialectical skill that his may be made clear. The true sage will have none of these.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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