Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
ZHUANGZIThe little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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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.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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The 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.
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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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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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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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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