So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
ZHUANGZIBirth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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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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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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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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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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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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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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