When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
ZHUANGZIDo not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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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?
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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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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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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