Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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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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A path is made by walking on it.
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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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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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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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To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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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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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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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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