Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
ZHUANGZIOnly the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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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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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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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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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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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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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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The eyes envy the mind.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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