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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Zhuangzi

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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Greatness Nation Prison Rule
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Constant Happiness Nature Oneself Perfection Realize
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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Awakening Dreams Greatness Realize Wake Up
The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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Calm Compete Complete Disturb Ease Manifestation Priest Rest Sage Virtue
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Happiness Philosophy Ultimate
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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Knowledge Known Perfection Philosophy Religious Spirituality Study True Unknown
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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Course Flow Infinity Mindset Purity Simplicity Yourself
The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Easy Forget Journey Right Way
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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Animal Creature Eyes Heart Jealous Wind
Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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Breathe Control Inspirational Magic Meditation Power Strength
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Death Deep Diversity Live Men Nature Taste Water
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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Anxiety Condition Follow Mindset Religious
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Lost Man Need Religion Water
Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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Animal Drink Hairs Horse Nature Protection Reality Skin

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

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