The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
ZHUANGZIThose who realise their folly are not true fools.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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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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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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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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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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The creature born is the creature dying.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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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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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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