To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
ZHUANGZILet everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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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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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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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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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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