To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
ZHUANGZILet everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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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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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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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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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 ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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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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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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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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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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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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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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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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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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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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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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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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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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