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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

Zhuangzi

Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
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.
ZHUANGZI

Argument Energy Exhaust Form Heaven Point Soul Tree
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
ZHUANGZI

Break Greatness Knowledge Oneself Small
Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Change Destiny One Liner Oneself
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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Broad Busy Calm Greatness Understand
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
ZHUANGZI

Action Root Silence
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Condition Life Man Natural River Way
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Journey Path Way
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.
ZHUANGZI

Cloud Follow Heaven Light Understand Wisdom Yourself
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
ZHUANGZI

Children Deep Learning Live Talk Teacher
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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Creature Ocean Season Summer Talk Yourself

When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

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