Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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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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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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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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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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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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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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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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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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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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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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
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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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People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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