Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi
life men breathe
The true man breathes with his heels.
men useful-things futility
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
men fool self-knowledge
A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool.
respect men sight
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
men rivers lakes
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
men may forgotten
Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?
men color roots
All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object. Though, like objects, he has form and semblance, He is not limited to form. He is more. He can attain to formlessness. When he is beyond form and semblance, beyond "this" and "that," where is the comparison with another object? Where is the conflict? What can stand in his way? He will rest in his eternal place which is no-place. He will be hidden in his own unfathomable secret. His nature sinks to its root in the One. His vitality, his power hide in secret Tao.
men breathing he-man
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
inspiration men breathing
Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
men trying alive
Calculate what man knows and it cannot compare to what he doesn't know. Calculate the time he is alive and it cannot compare to the time before he was born. Yet man takes something so small and tries to exhaust the dimensions of something so large!
men being-positive negative
Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
running men mirrors
Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
past men people
The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.
men world rejoice
Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.