There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
ZHUANGZITake care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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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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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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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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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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True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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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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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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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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The eyes envy the mind.
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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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