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.
ZHUANGZIThe Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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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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If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
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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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If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
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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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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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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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