Life, death, preservation, loss, failure, success, poverty, riches, worthiness, unworthiness, slander, fame, hunger, thirst, cold, heat -- these are the alternations of the world, the workings of fate. Day and night they change places before us and wisdom cannot spy out their source. Therefore they should not be enough to destroy your harmony; they should not be allowed to enter the storehouse of spirit.
Chuang-tzu (approximately 369-286 B.C.E.)
if you would like to read more on Chuang Tzu please refer to
http://www.hermitary.com/articles/china-5.html
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/taoism/chuang.html
http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-list.html
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