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The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

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People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

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To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who know when they are deluded can free themselves from such delusion. The intelligent people are not deluded, because they know and accept their ignorance as ignorance, and thereby have genuine knowledge.

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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.

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. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light.

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My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

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There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

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Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.

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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?

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How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.

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A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

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Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.

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The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

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Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

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The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

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The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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Act without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless.

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