Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
ZHUANGZITrue 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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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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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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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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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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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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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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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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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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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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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 sound of water says what I think.
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