The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
ZHUANGZIAnd how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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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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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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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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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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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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