A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
ZHUANGZIDuring our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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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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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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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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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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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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