To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
ZHUANGZIEither in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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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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One 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.
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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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Study 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.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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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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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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