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.
ZHUANGZICompare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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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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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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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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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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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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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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