We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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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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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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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When 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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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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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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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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