You are still guided by your expectations.
ZHUANGZIEach one’s destiny cannot be altered.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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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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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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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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One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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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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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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