Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
ZHUANGZIWe are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
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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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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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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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The sound of water says what I think.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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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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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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