Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
ZHUANGZIWe 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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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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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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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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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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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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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The true man breathes with his heels.
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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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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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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 you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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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 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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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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