My mind remains wide

My hut settled among neighbors,
I ignore the noise of horses and carts.
You ask how I get along -
My mind remains wide,
So my place is naturally remote.

- Tao Yuan Ming (365-427)

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Unruly life

If I were a tree among trees,
a cat among animals,
this life would have a meaning,
or rather this problem would not arise,
for I should belong to this world.

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Observing life

we do not so much look at things as overlook them

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A way of life

Ride your horse along the edge of a sword;
hide yourself in the middle of flames

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