He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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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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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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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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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Only 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.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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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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