Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
ZHUANGZICan 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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A path is made by walking on it.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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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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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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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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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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For 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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