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.
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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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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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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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