We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZHUANGZIPerfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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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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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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