Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
ZHUANGZIOnly fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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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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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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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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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
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