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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.

Zhuangzi

Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Death Deep Diversity Live Men Nature Taste Water
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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Clear Dangerous Eyes Greatness Heart Sharp
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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Greatness Inspirational Knowledge Limitation Literature Poet Small Universe Value
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Chaos Excellence People Strive
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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Desire Fade Happiness Loss Nature Vulgar Worth
Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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Knowledge Known Perfection Philosophy Religious Spirituality Study True Unknown
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
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Death Hate Lost Man Myself Name Return Young
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Attention Enlightenment Equality Mirror Respond Welcome
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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Beginning Easy Forget Right Yourself
If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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Heart Insight Intellectual Knowledge Pierce
To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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Alone Ancient Essence Fundamental Intelligence Quiet Spiritual Technique
The eyes envy the mind.
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Eyes Jealous Mindset
To 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.
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Beginning End Exercise Flow Religious Road Spirituality Thinking

Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.

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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only ‘certain’ standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.

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