Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
ZHUANGZIAre you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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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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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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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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