The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
ZHUANGZIThe 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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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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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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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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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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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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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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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