The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
ZHUANGZIIf you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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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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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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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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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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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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