He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
ZHUANGZIWhen you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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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.
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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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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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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