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  • As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude of things cannot disturb his quietude. When water is still, one's beard and eyelashes are reflected in it. A skilled carpenter uses it in a level to obtain a measurement. If still water is so clear, how much more are the mental faculties! The mind of the sage is the mirror of heaven and earth in which all things are reflected.

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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.

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

  • Born: 369 BC
  • Died: 286 BC
  • Occupation: Philosopher
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