Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
ZHUANGZIHe who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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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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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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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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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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The 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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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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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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