The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
ZHUANGZILook 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.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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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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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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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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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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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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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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