If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties …

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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation. ✨ Zhuangzi, Herbert Allen Giles (1909). Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu, p.53, Courier Corporation
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation. ✨ Zhuangzi, Herbert Allen Giles (1909). Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu, p.53, Courier Corporation

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