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You should find the same joy in one condition as in the other and thereby be free of care, that is all. But now, when the things that happened along t...more

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If a man, having lashed two hulls together, is crossing a river, and an empty boat happens along and bumps into him, no matter how hot-tempered the ma...more

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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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Master Dongguo asked Zhuangzi, "This thing called the Way - where does it exist?"Zhuangzi said, "There's no place it doesn't exist.""Come," said Maste...more

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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening

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The Spirit Tower has its guardian, but unless it understands who its guardian is, it cannot be guarded.

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The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - th...more

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In the world everyone knows enough to pursue what he does not know, but no one knows enough to pursue what he already knows. Everyone knows enough to ...more

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You forget your feet when the shoes are comfortable. You forget your waist when the belt is comfortable. Understanding forgets right and wrong when th...more

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So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yi...more

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In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony.

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Men all pay homage to what understanding understands, but no one understands enough to rely upon what understanding does not understand and thereby co...more

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The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.

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A beam or pillar can be used to batter down a city wall, but it is no good for stopping up a little hole - this refers to a difference in function. Th...more

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When a man does not dwell in self, then things will of themselves reveal their forms to him. His movement is like that of water, his stillness like th...more