Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy.
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.
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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.
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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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A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
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A path is made by walking on it.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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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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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
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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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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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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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Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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