When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
ZHUANGZIMy opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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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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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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