Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
ZHUANGZIWhere can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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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 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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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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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.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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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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A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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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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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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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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