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Mind Quotes by Zhuangzi
- Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external…
- The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
- Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your…
- The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is…
- Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct…
- Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening…
- Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for…
- If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror…
- The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be delimited by things.…
- Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage when poised in…
- When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he…
- If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
- When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his…
- Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original…
- Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
- The eyes envy the mind.
More Mind Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle