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“I obtained life because the time was right. I will lose life because it is time. Those who go quietly with the flow of nature are not worried by either joy or sorrow. People like these were considered in the past as having achieved freedom from bondage. Those who cannot free themselves are constrained by things.”
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“The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless!”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“Nature has a lot to teach us. All you need is to open your eyes and look. The changes you see in nature follow a course. The four seasons behave in a regulated way. In truth, all human matters follow the same principles as the workings of heaven and earth.”
― Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living
― Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living
“Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly. A butterfly fluttering happily around— was he revealing what he himself meant to be? He knew nothing of Zhou. All at once awakening, there suddenly he was — Zhou. But he didn't know if he was Zhou having dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhou. Between Zhou and the butterfly there must surely be some distinction. This is known at the transformation of things.”
― Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters
― Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters
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