A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
ZHUANGZISilence, and non action are the root of all things.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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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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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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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 World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
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To 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.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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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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