The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
ZHUANGZIThe sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
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A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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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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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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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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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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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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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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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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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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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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There 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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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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During 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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