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.
ZHUANGZIAre you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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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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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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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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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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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 water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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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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