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Better to see the face than to hear the name.
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Better to struggle with a sick jackass than carry the wood by yourself.
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From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
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Chop wood, carry water.
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Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon.
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Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
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The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.
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To know and not do is not yet to know.
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear.
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When you reach the top, keep climbing.
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A beautiful woman who is pleasing to men is good only for frightening fish when she falls into the water.
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Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.
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Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
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Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life -- after that you cannot be deceived.
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One day a student asked Taiga, "What is the most difficult part of painting?" Taiga answered, "The part of the paper where nothing is painted is the most difficult."
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It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others.
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Knock on the sky and Listen to the sound.
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To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.
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When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float.
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