All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
ZHUANGZIHe who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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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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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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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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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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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 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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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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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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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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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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