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- Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought…
- All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object. Though, like objects,…
- There are no greater adversaries than yin and yang, because nothing in Heaven or on Earth escapes them. But it is not yin and yang…
- I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go…
- Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of…
- The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on their words and…
- Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
- An archer competing for a clay vessel shoots effortlessly, his or her skill and concentration unimpeded. If the prize is changed to a brass ornament,…
- 'I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade, the stars…
- People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. if they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by concerns: a terrible…
- Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and…
- 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…
- The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
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