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.
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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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Horses 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.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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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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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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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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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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