The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
ZHUANGZIWhen you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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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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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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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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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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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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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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