Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
ZHUANGZITake care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
ZHUANGZIFish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
ZHUANGZIWhen the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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.
ZHUANGZIDo not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
ZHUANGZIThere 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.
ZHUANGZIIf the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
ZHUANGZITo exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
ZHUANGZIThere is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
ZHUANGZIHe who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
ZHUANGZIBirth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
ZHUANGZITransmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
ZHUANGZIEach one’s destiny cannot be altered.
ZHUANGZIHeaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
ZHUANGZIWe are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZHUANGZILet everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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