Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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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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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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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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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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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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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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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