Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
ZHUANGZIThose 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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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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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Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
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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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Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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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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One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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