Sunday, November 6, 2011

Quotes

"Tao is beyond words and beyond things" - Zhuangzi

"To name what can be named is not constant naming." - Laozi

"Tao is a name that indicates without naming." - Zhuangzi

"The massive wisdom sees everything in one. The lesser wisdom breaks things down
into numerous parts" --Zhuangzi

"Guidance pours out, but in using, something is not filled." -- Laozi

"When one attempts to exert control over objects, the objectss instead gain
control." -- Laozi

"One should hear by using one's spirit, one's entire being. " --Zhuangzi

"To hear with the spirit is not assigned to any single faculty, to one's ear or
to one's mind,so it requires emptiness in all of one's faculties." -- Zhuangzi

" The pivot of Tao passes through a center point at which every affirmation and
every negation converges. One who can grasp this pivot occupies a point of stillness
at which every movement aand every opposition occupies the correct situation." --
Zhuangzi

"when one's heart is right, one forgets 'pro' and 'con'" --Zhuangzi

"The non-action of the sage is not inaction." -- Zhuangzi

"To exercise no thought and find rest in nothing is one's first step to securing
repose in the Tao." --Zhuangzi

"Take a look at this window. It is only a hole placed in a wall. And yet as a
result, the room is flooded with light. Hence, when one's faculties become empty, one's heart fills with light." -- Zhuangzi

"The best warriors do not use violence." --Laozi

"If you want to become full, first let yourself become empty. " - Laozi

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