Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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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 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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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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The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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During 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.
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