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.
ZHUANGZIStudy 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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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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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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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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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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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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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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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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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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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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