To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
ZHUANGZIWhen you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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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 perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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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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