The eyes envy the mind.
ZHUANGZIHe who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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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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To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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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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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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