A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
ZHUANGZIThe one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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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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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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When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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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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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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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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