The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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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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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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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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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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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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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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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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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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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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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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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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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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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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