Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
ZHUANGZIHorses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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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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When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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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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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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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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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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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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