Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
ZHUANGZIWhen an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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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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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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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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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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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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Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
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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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