All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
ZHUANGZIWhen 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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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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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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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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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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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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