Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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And 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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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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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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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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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 water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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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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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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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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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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