Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
ZHUANGZI
ZHUANGZI
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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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ZhuangziZhuangzi All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
ZhuangziZhuangzi The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
ZhuangziZhuangzi He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The creature born is the creature dying.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
ZhuangziZhuangzi We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery
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As an overflow of my life – the wake I leave behind with my little dash on earth – I want others to fall in love with Jesus and know of His great hope and purpose for their lives.
Louie GiglioLouie Giglio I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
Quincy JonesQuincy Jones Imagine the week ahead unfolding in an ever-increasing flow of miracles. Allow the image to sink into your heart. Receive it with a big yes!
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda Pain often hides behind dry eyes yet that river still flows on the inside.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner The energy that moves life is the force of the Feminine. She is unstoppable. She is the source of all life, the mover of blood, the breather of breath, the flow of the river’s water. The Feminine is life. We can feel Her moving and living in any moment we are open to Her, or as Her.
David DeidaDavid Deida Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It’s an act of faith. It’s saying that even though I can’t see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and float along. But I soon found that I would have to go against the current.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody