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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.

Zhuangzi

The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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Deep Man Mirror Run Water
Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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Mad Man Negative Positive
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Flow Freedom Mindset Yourself
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
ZHUANGZI

Known Men Utility
Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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Complete Empty Full Religion Source
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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Desire Fade Happiness Loss Nature Vulgar Worth
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
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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Difficult Fortunate Gratitude Lose Moments Myself Opportunity Possession Realize Snow Strength Trouble Virtue
The true man breathes with his heels.
ZHUANGZI

Breathe Heel Man One Liner Philosophy True
To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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Charge Dangerous Solution Yourself
The sound of water says what I think.
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Myself Sound Thinking Water
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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Employment Himself Man Mindset Mirror Perfection
Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
ZHUANGZI

Death Deep Diversity Live Men Nature Taste Water
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Condition Life Man Natural River Way

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