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.
ZHUANGZIThose 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.
ZHUANGZIMen do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
ZHUANGZIOnly fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
ZHUANGZIThe 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.
ZHUANGZIWe 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.
ZHUANGZIWhere can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
ZHUANGZIOnly the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
ZHUANGZIThe true man breathes with his heels.
ZHUANGZIA sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
ZHUANGZIGreat knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
ZHUANGZIThose who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
ZHUANGZIMen of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
ZHUANGZINever admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
ZHUANGZITo go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
ZHUANGZILet your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
ZHUANGZIThe living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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