The eyes envy the mind.
ZHUANGZITrue 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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A path is made by walking on it.
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To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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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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I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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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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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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