The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
ZHUANGZIThe space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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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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The eyes envy the mind.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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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 greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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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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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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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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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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