There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
ZHUANGZILet everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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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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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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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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To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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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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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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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.
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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