The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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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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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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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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So 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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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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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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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
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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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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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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 greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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