The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
ZHUANGZIThe men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
ZHUANGZILife is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
ZHUANGZIFor all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
ZHUANGZIOne whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
ZHUANGZIThere is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
ZHUANGZIWe are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZHUANGZIThe 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?
ZHUANGZITo 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.
ZHUANGZIThe enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
ZHUANGZIEasy 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.
ZHUANGZISound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
ZHUANGZIPerfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
ZHUANGZIRight is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
ZHUANGZIDo not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
ZHUANGZIDuring 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.
ZHUANGZIWhere can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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