The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
ZHUANGZITo be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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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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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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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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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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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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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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