To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
ZHUANGZIMen of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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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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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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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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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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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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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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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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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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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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