All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
ZHUANGZIRunning 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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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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The sound of water says what I think.
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When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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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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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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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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