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The 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.

Zhuangzi

There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
ZHUANGZI

Beginning Philosophy
Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
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Argument Clear Difference Need Right
True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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Creature Dignity Expression Harmony Inspirational Man Passion Peace Season Strong True Warm
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Beautiful Description Nature World
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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Desire Fade Happiness Loss Nature Vulgar Worth
To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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Bliss Count Form Happiness Human Joy Source Transition
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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Admire Judgement Man Strength Walk Way
Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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Beginning Born Death Existence Limitation Philosophy Spiritual Start
The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Case Death Finding Live Pleasant Return
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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Beginning Easy Forget Right Yourself
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Clear Precise Shallow True Understand Wisdom Word
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
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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Beginning End Exercise Flow Religious Road Spirituality Thinking
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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Break Greatness Knowledge Oneself Small
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Ignorance People Philosophy

The 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.

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