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.
ZHUANGZIA battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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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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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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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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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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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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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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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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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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