The true man breathes with his heels.
ZHUANGZICherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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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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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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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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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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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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Compare 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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People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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You 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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