Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
ZHUANGZIHe who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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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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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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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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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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