Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
ZHUANGZIBirth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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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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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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For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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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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Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
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