The perfect man ignores self; the divine man ignores action; the true Sage ignores reputation.

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But had he been charioted upon the eternal fitness of heaven and earth, driving before him the elements as his team while roaming through the realms of For-Ever,—upon what, then, would he have had to depend? Thus it has been said, "The perfect man ignores self; the divine man ignores action; the true Sage ignores reputation."

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 1, §4 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, the one who lets himself be carried by the great movement of the world no longer depends on anything: united with the great Whole, he no longer needs to defend his self, his deeds or his name. Today, do something well without trying to let anyone know that you are the one who did it.

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