One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
ZHUANGZIWhen people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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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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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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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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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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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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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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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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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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