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Liezi Quotes

A person with a mind is bound to be filled with conceptions. These conceptions prevent him from knowing things directly, so a person with a mind shall never really know.

If you can dispense with reputation, then you are free from care. Reputation is only a visitor, but reality is here to stay.

The contented person finds rest in death, and for the greedy person, death puts an end to his long list of desires.

In infancy, our blood is strong and our energy is plentiful. Mind and body, thought and action are one. Everything we do is in harmony with the natural order. The infant is not affected by things that happen around him. Virtue and ethics cannot restrain his will. Naked and free of social conventions, he follows the natural path of the heart.

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