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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.

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.

Zhuangzi
Running, Men, Mirrors
Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.69, Columbia University Press

Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love of perfumes fills the head with dizziness. Love of flavors ruins the taste. Desires unsettle the heart until the original nature runs amok. These five are enemies of true life. Yet these are what men of discernment claim to live for. They are not what I live for. If this is life, then pigeons in a cage have found happiness!

Zhuangzi
Running, Eye, Heart

Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.

Zhuangzi
Running, Laughing, Accusing

To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous; with this knowledge, if we still go after knowledge, we will run into trouble. Do not do what is good in order to gain praise. If you do what is bad be sure to avoid the punishment. Follow the Middle Course, for this is the way to keep yourself together, to sustain your life, to care for your parents and to live for many years.

Zhuangzi
Life, Running, Knowledge

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