One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
ZHUANGZII am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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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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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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I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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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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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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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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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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