The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
ZHUANGZIThe sound of water says what I think.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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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.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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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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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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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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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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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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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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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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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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