Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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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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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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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The 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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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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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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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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