Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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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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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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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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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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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond 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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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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