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.
ZHUANGZITransmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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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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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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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.
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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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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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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 eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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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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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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