Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
ZHUANGZICompare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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