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ARABESQUE - POETRY AND PROSE

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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Be still like a mountain

and flow like a great river.

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New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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Care about what other people think

and you will always be their prisoner.

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35.

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Mastering others is strength,

Mastering yourself is true power.

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Watch your thoughts, they become words,

Watch your words, they become actions, 

Watch your actions, they become habits,

Watch your habits, they become character,

Watch your character,

It becomes your destiny.

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If you are depressed, you are living in the past,

If you are anxious, you are living in the future,

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth.

This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

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Nature does not hurry, 

Yet everything is accomplished.

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30.

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Live a simple life, be free, be yourself and be close to nature.

Do these things and you will be wise and happy.

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
Loving someone deeply gives you courage.

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28.

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To know, yet to think that one does not know is best. 

Not to know, yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty

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27.

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He who knows 

that enough is enough 

will always have enough.

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26.

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He who obtains has little. 

He who scatters has much.

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25.

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Men today have abandoned compassion in order to be bold, 

discarded economy to be big spenders 

and rejected humility in order to be first.

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No.24

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Stop trying to leave and you will arrive,

Stop seeking and you will see,

Stop running away and you will be found.

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No.23

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.

Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

Care about other people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

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The past has no power to stop you from being present now.
Only your grievance about the past can do that.
What is grievance?
The baggage of old thought and emotion.

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Stop thinking and end your problems.
What difference between yes and no?
What difference between success and failure?
Must you value what others value?

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I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. 

The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. 

Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. 

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Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.

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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. 

Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. 

Let reality be reality. 

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like

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Be content with what you have,

Rejoice in the way things are.

When you realise there is nothing lacking,

The whole world belongs to you.

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When you are content to be simply yourself 

and don't compare and compete,

 everybody will respect you.

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To know others is perceptive,

to know yourself is wise.

To conquer others is forceful,

to conquer yourself is strong.

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Treat those who are good with goodness, 

and also treat those who are not good with goodness. 

Thus goodness is attained. 

Be honest to those who are honest, 

and be also honest to those who are not honest. 

Thus honesty is attained.

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 If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. 

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. 

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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Simplicity has no name, it is free of desires.
Being free of desires it is tranquil.
And the world will be at peace of its own accord.

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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

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Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.

Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world

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If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, 

it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

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There is a time for being ahead,

a time for being behind;

a time for being in motion,

a time for being at rest;

a time for being vigorous,

a time for being exhausted;

a time for being safe,

a time for being in danger.

The Master sees things as they are,

without trying to control them.

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Knowing others is wisdom;
Knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force;
Mastering the self requires strength.

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Health is the greatest possession. 

Contentment is the greatest treasure. 

Confidence is the greatest friend.

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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

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Your own positive future begins in this moment. 

All you have is right now. 

Every goal is possible from here.

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Kindness in words creates confidence. 

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. 

Kindness in giving creates love

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At the centre of your being you have the answer;

You know who you are and you know what you want.

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