Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
ZHUANGZIIf the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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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.
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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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