All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
ZHUANGZIGreat wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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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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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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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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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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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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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
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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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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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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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