The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
ZHUANGZIThe 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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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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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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