Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
ZHUANGZIThere may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
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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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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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To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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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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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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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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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 torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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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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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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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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The eyes envy the mind.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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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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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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