The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
-Tao Tê Ching
A fully achieved person is like a spirit! The great marshes could be set on fire, but she wouldn't feel hot. The rivers in China could all freeze over, but she wouldn't feel cold. Thunder could suddenly echo through the mountains, wind could cause a tsunami in the ocean, but she wouldn't be startled. A person like that could ride through the sky on the floating clouds, straddle the sun and moon, and travel beyond the four seas. Neither death nor life can cause changes within her, and there's little reason for her to even consider benefit or harm.
-Zhuangzi
Great knowledge concentrates on what's close and vivid.
Small knowledge concentrates on what's far away and obscure.
-Zhuangzi
It's possible to have personal beliefs, but not to allow them take an actual form - to have feelings about things but not to create dogma around them.
-Zhuangzi
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