When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
ZHUANGZIListening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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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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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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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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A path is made by walking on it.
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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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The eyes envy the mind.
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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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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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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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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