The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
ZHUANGZIA petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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The eyes envy the mind.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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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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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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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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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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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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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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