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Zhuangzi quotes: Happiness is the abscence of the striving for happiness. Happiness is the abscence of the striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi quotes: The tao is made because we walk it,things become what they are called. The tao is made because we walk it,things become what they are called.
Zhuangzi quotes: When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting. When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting.
Zhuangzi quotes: Moreover, I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damning them behind their backs. Moreover, I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damning them behind their backs.
Zhuangzi quotes: All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless! All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless!
Zhuangzi quotes: The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
Zhuangzi quotes: To forget the whole world is easy; to make the whole world forget you is hard. To forget the whole world is easy; to make the whole world forget you is hard.
Zhuangzi quotes: That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge. That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.
Zhuangzi quotes: Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary. Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
Zhuangzi quotes: By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind. By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind.
Zhuangzi quotes: The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case? The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
Zhuangzi quotes: The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right and wrong. The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right and wrong.
Zhuangzi quotes: Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness. Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
Zhuangzi quotes: When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you. When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
Zhuangzi quotes: True depth of understanding is wide and steady,Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering,Words of wisdom are precise and clear True depth of understanding is wide and steady,
Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering,
Words of wisdom are precise and clear
Zhuangzi quotes: Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves. Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
Zhuangzi quotes: The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity. The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
Zhuangzi quotes: A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt. A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
Zhuangzi quotes: If you were to hide the world in the world, so that nothing could get away, this would be the final reality of the constancy of things. If you were to hide the world in the world, so that nothing could get away, this would be the final reality of the constancy of things.
Zhuangzi quotes: You are still guided by your expectations. You are still guided by your expectations.
Zhuangzi quotes: He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord. He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord.
Zhuangzi quotes: To have attained to the human form is a source of joy ... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions. To have attained to the human form is a source of joy ... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
Zhuangzi quotes: Flowwith whatever may happen + let your mind be free... stay centered, by accepting whatever you're doing... this is the ultimate. Flow
with whatever may happen + let your mind be free.
.. stay centered, by accepting whatever you're doing.
.. this is the ultimate.
Zhuangzi quotes: Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Zhuangzi quotes: Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens. Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
Zhuangzi quotes: Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe. Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
Zhuangzi quotes: The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
Zhuangzi quotes: A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation. A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
Zhuangzi quotes: The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body. The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
Zhuangzi quotes: Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop. Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
Zhuangzi quotes: Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions. Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
Zhuangzi quotes: The man who has forgotten self may be said to have entered Heaven. The man who has forgotten self may be said to have entered Heaven.
Zhuangzi quotes: Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened? Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
Zhuangzi quotes: Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg. Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg.
Zhuangzi quotes: Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right. Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
Zhuangzi quotes: Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality! Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
Zhuangzi quotes: Fish live in water. Men die in it.Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same. Fish live in water. Men die in it.Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
Zhuangzi quotes: Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite. Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
Zhuangzi quotes: The sound of water says what I think. The sound of water says what I think.
Zhuangzi quotes: Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers. Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
Zhuangzi quotes: Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
Zhuangzi quotes: The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak. The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak.
Zhuangzi quotes: The World is Large - Its beauty indescrible. The World is Large - Its beauty indescrible.
Zhuangzi quotes: Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end. Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
Zhuangzi quotes: I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
Zhuangzi quotes: You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season. You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
Zhuangzi quotes: Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course. Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
Zhuangzi quotes: Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly ... Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly ...
Zhuangzi quotes: Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life. Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life.
Zhuangzi quotes: Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle. Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
Zhuangzi quotes: When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed. When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
Zhuangzi quotes: The right way to go easy is to forget the right way ... The right way to go easy is to forget the right way ...
Zhuangzi quotes: The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others. The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
Zhuangzi quotes: The creature born is the creature dying. The creature born is the creature dying.
Zhuangzi quotes: Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul. Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
Zhuangzi quotes: Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things. Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
Zhuangzi quotes: Cease striving. Then there will be transformation. Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.
Zhuangzi quotes: The Spirit Tower has its guardian, but unless it understands who its guardian is, it cannot be guarded. The Spirit Tower has its guardian, but unless it understands who its guardian is, it cannot be guarded.
Zhuangzi quotes: Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point. Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
Zhuangzi quotes: You will always find an answer in the sound of water. You will always find an answer in the sound of water.
Zhuangzi quotes: The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by. The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
Zhuangzi quotes: Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
Zhuangzi quotes: Each one's destiny cannot be altered. Each one's destiny cannot be altered.
Zhuangzi quotes: Your life has a limit, but knowledge has none. If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger. Your life has a limit, but knowledge has none. If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger.
Zhuangzi quotes: Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone
Zhuangzi quotes: In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony. In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony.
Zhuangzi quotes: To have a human form is a joyful thing. To have a human form is a joyful thing.
Zhuangzi quotes: It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding. It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding.
Zhuangzi quotes: Why don't you try wandering with me to the Palace of Not-Even-Anything Why don't you try wandering with me to the Palace of Not-Even-Anything
Zhuangzi quotes: Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?
Zhuangzi quotes: Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it. Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it.
Zhuangzi quotes: To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders. To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.
Zhuangzi quotes: Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
Zhuangzi quotes: Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi quotes: There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning ... There is something. There is nothing. There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning ... There is something. There is nothing.
Zhuangzi quotes: Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside. Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside.
Zhuangzi quotes: For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Zhuangzi quotes: Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home! Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
Zhuangzi quotes: Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside. Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside.
Zhuangzi quotes: There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly. There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
Zhuangzi quotes: The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven. The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.
Zhuangzi quotes: Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger. Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
Zhuangzi quotes: He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature. He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
Zhuangzi quotes: If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge. If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
Zhuangzi quotes: To examine oneself makes good use of sight. To examine oneself makes good use of sight.
Zhuangzi quotes: The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing. The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.
Zhuangzi quotes: Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is. Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
Zhuangzi quotes: If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher? If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
Zhuangzi quotes: Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter. Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
Zhuangzi quotes: Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.
Zhuangzi quotes: The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can. The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
Zhuangzi quotes: Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse. Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
Zhuangzi quotes: A path is made by walking on it. A path is made by walking on it.
Zhuangzi quotes: To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous. To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
Zhuangzi quotes: Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things. Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
Zhuangzi quotes: The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
Zhuangzi quotes: Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him? Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?
Zhuangzi quotes: The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life. The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
Zhuangzi quotes: A good completion takes a long time; a bad completion cannot be changed later. A good completion takes a long time; a bad completion cannot be changed later.
Zhuangzi quotes: Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it

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