That the likeness of things partly unlike is called the lesser likeness of unlikes. That the likeness of things altogether unlike is called the greater likeness of unlikes. That southwards there is no limit, and yet there is a limit. That one can reach Yüeh to-day and yet be there before. That joined rings can be separated. That the middle of the world is north of Yen and south of Yüeh. That he loves all creation equally, just as heaven and earth are impartial to all. Accordingly, Hui Tzŭ was regarded as a great philosopher and a very subtle dialectician; and became a favourite with the other dialecticians of the day. He said that there were feathers in an egg. That a fowl had three feet. That Ying was the world. That a dog could be a sheep. That a mare could lay eggs. That a nail has a tail. That fire is not hot. That mountains have mouths. That wheels do not press down the ground. That the eye does not see. That the finger does not touch. That the uttermost extreme is not the end. That a tortoise is longer than a snake. That a carpenter's square is not square. That compasses will not make a circle. That a round hole will not surround a square handle. That the shadow of a flying bird does not move. That there is a moment when a swiftly-flying arrow is neither moving nor at rest. That a dog is not a hound. That a bay horse and a dun cow are three. That a white dog is black. That a motherless colt never had a mother. That if you take a stick a foot long and every day cut it in half, you will never come to the end of it.

He who has in himself abundantly the attributes (of the Tao) is like an infant. Poisonous insects will not sting him; fierce beasts will not seize...

I understand, he said, that you are speaking of the province of geometry and the sister arts. And when I speak of the other division of the...

Eternity, for instance, presents in an instant the future and the present, also the past of time. But truth, much more powerful than limitless...

He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it. He (who knows it) will keep...

Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice. Scholars of the middle class, when they have heard...

The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds. All things under heaven sprang from It as...

The skilful masters (of the Tao) in old times, with a subtle and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries, and were deep (also) so as to...

He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he...

When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. When one gives undivided attention to the...

Is not their mode of operation on this wise—the sense which is concerned with the quality of hardness is necessarily concerned also with the quality...

Dear Glaucon, I said, you will not be able to follow me here, though I would do my best, and you should behold not an image only but the absolute...

Yes, he said, I know. And do you not know also that although they make use of the visible forms and reason about them, they are thinking not of these,...

When the ruler saw his greatness, he saw only himself; he saw nothing else, except water and darkness. Then he thought that he alone existed. His...

Thus all creatures are relatively ignorant yet relatively wise; comparatively nothing yet comparatively all. The microscope reveals to man his...

I do not mean this,' thus he spoke; 'for in that case one being (the possessor) rests in something else, (but the Infinite cannot rest in something di...

And to these parts [are added other] four;—of sense, and soul, of memory, and foresight, by means of which he may become acquainted with the rest of t...

The great Fourth Hermetic Principle--the Principle of Polarity embodies the truth that all manifested things have "two sides"; "two aspects"; "two...

And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts, and each differed from the other; and (I saw) birds also differing in appe...

'Twas red, and it went towards this pasture." Another says, "Its ear was cropped." Another says, "Its cloth was embroidered." Another that it had...

And in the case of others, what they have spoken, in consequence of being moved, they have not yet perfectly worked out; and others by human conjectur...