The 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.
ZHUANGZIThe 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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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A path is made by walking on it.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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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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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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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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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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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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