Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.

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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

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A path is made by walking on it.

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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.

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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.

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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

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Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.

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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually p…

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