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H e who has mastered the true nature of life does not labour over what life cannot do. He who has mastered the true nature of fate does not labour over what knowledge cannot change.


Daoism quote 7332 | 




W hen 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 that of a mirror, his responses like those of an echo.


Daoism quote 7333 | 




D on’t go in and hide; don’t come out and shine; stand stock-still in the middle.


Daoism quote 7334 | 




Y ou forget your feet when the shoes are comfortable. You forget your waist when the belt is comfortable. Understanding forgets right and wrong when the mind is comfortable. There is no change in what is inside, no following what is outside, when the adjustment to events is comfortable. You begin with what is comfortable and never experience what is uncomfortable when you know the comfort of forgetting what is comfortable.


Daoism quote 7335 | 




P eople who excuse their faults and claim they didn’t deserved to be punished - there are lots of them. But those who don’t excuse their faults and admit they didn’t deserve to be spared - they are few.


Daoism quote 7336 | 




W hen men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting.


Daoism quote 7337 | 




I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damning them behind their backs.


Daoism quote 7338 | 




E yes that are blind have no way to tell the loveliness of faces and features; eyes with no pupils have no way to tell the beauty of coloured and embroidered silks.


Daoism quote 7339 | 




T hings joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside.


Daoism quote 7340 | 




C an you be a little baby? The baby howls all day, yet its throat never gets hoarse - harmony at its height! The baby makes fists all day, yet its fingers never get cramped - virtue is all it holds to. The baby stares all day without blinking its eyes - it has no preferences in the world of externals.


Daoism quote 7341 | 




W hen I speak of good hearing, I do not mean listening to others; I mean simply listening to yourself. When I speak of good eyesight, I do not mean looking at others; I mean simply looking at yourself. He who does not look at himself but looks at others, who does not get hold of himself but gets hold of others, is getting what other men have got and failing to get what he himself has got. He finds joy in what brings joy to other men, but finds no joy in what would bring joy to him.


Daoism quote 7342 | 




A man like this will not go where he has no will to go, will not do what he has no mind to do. Though the world might praise him and say he had really found something, he would look unconcerned and never turn his head; though the world might condemn him and say he had lost something, he would look serene and pay no heed. The praise and blame of the world are no loss or gain to him.


Daoism quote 7343 | 




I n 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 condemn what he takes to be no good, but no one knows enough to condemn what he has already taken to be good.


Daoism quote 7344 | 




W e can’t expect a blind man to appreciate beautiful patterns or a deaf man to listen to bells and drums. And blindness and deafness are not confined to the body alone - the understanding has them, too.


Daoism quote 7345 | 




B ut where there is birth there must be death; where there is death there must be birth.


Daoism quote 7346 | 




W here there is acceptability there must be unacceptability; where there is unacceptability there must be acceptability.


Daoism quote 7347 | 




W here there is recognition of right there must be recognition of wrong; where there is recognition of wrong there must be recognition of right. Therefore the sage does not proceed in such a way, but illuminates all in the light of Heaven.


Daoism quote 7348 | 




A state in which “this” and “that” no longer find their opposites is called the hinge of the Tao. When the hinge is fitted into the socket, it can respond endlessly. Its right then is a single endlessness and its wrong too is a single endlessness. So, I say, the best thing to use is clarity.


Daoism quote 7349 | 




Y ou 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 take their leave, you cease to be joyful. From this point of view, though you have joy, it will always be fated for destruction.


Daoism quote 7350 | 




S uppose I try saying something. What way do I have of knowing that if I say I know something I don’t really not know it? Or what way do I have of knowing that if I say I don’t know something I don’t really in fact know it?


Daoism quote 7351 | 




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


Daoism quote 7352 | 




M en all pay homage to what understanding understands, but no one understands enough to rely upon what understanding does not understand and thereby come to understand.


Daoism quote 7353 | 




W hen you’re betting for tiles in an archery contest, you shoot with skill. When you’re betting for fancy belt buckles, you worry about your aim. And when you’re betting for real gold, you’re a nervous wreck. Your skill is the same in all three cases - but because one prize means more to you than another, you let outside considerations weigh on your mind. He who looks too hard at the outside gets clumsy on the inside.


Daoism quote 7354 | 




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


Daoism quote 7355 | 




T o use a horse to show that a horse is not a horse is not as good as using a non-horse to show that a horse is not a horse...


Daoism quote 7356 | 



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