He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
ZHUANGZIHe who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
ZHUANGZIIf water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
ZHUANGZIOne 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.
ZHUANGZIThe enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
ZHUANGZIFlow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
ZHUANGZIWhen 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.
ZHUANGZIHe who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
ZHUANGZITo have a human form is a joyful thing.
ZHUANGZIStudy 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.
ZHUANGZIDo not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
ZHUANGZITo have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
ZHUANGZIVerily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
ZHUANGZIThe creature born is the creature dying.
ZHUANGZIThe perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
ZHUANGZIWhen affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
ZHUANGZIThe perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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