The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
ZHUANGZIGood order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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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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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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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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Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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