Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
ZHUANGZICherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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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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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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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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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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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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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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