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.
ZHUANGZIYou cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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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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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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