We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZHUANGZIA petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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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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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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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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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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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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