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Wisdom Quotes by Zhuangzi
- Heaven does nothing: its non-doing is its serenity. Earth does nothing: its non-doing is its rest. From the union of these two non-doings All actions…
- If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
- The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on their words and…
- When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
- My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own virtue, nothing more.…
- Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not…
- Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
- If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different likes and dislikes.…
- Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
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- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
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- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold