When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
ZHUANGZIHeaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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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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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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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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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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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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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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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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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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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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