Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
ZHUANGZIBirth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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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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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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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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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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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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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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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
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To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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