When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
ZHUANGZIAll 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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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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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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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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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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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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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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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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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