6 Quotes by Zhuangzi about tao


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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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    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 Master Dongguo, "you must be more specific!""It is in the ant.""As low a thing as that?""It is in the panic grass.""But that's lower still!""It is in the tiles and shards.""How can it be so low?""It is in the piss and shit!

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    It can be passed on, but not received.It can be obtained, but not seen.可傳而不可受,可得而不可見.

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    Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

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