Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
ZHUANGZIGood order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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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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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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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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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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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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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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And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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True 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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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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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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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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A path is made by walking on it.
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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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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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