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If Water Derives Lucidity From Stillness, How Much More The Faculties Of The Mind!
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of
the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of
the universe, the speculum of all creation.
-- Chuang Tzu
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