Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
ZHUANGZITo regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
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Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
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Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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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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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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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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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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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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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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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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