Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
ZHUANGZIHe who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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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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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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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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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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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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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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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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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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