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?
ZHUANGZISo 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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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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He 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 men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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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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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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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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