Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
ZHUANGZIThe World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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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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Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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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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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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