Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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?
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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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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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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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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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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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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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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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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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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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The sound of water says what I think.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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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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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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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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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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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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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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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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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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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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