The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
ZHUANGZIThe true man breathes with his heels.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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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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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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The eyes envy the mind.
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.
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When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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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! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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