Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have… — Zhuangzi Charity Copy Share Image
Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer… — Zhuangzi Heaven and earth Copy Share Image
The fish trap exists because of the fish: once you have gotten the meanings, you can forget the words. — Zhuangzi Fish Copy Share Image
The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right… — Zhuangzi Action Copy Share Image
Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full… — Zhuangzi Emptiness Copy Share Image
“Forget about life, forget about worrying about right and wrong. Plunge into the unknown and the endless and find your place there!” — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right. — Zhuangzi Exaggeration Copy Share Image
Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish.… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as… — Zhuangzi Beautiful Copy Share Image
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whether the happiness is really happiness or not. I study… — Zhuangzi Finding happiness Copy Share Image
My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own… — Zhuangzi Being wise Copy Share Image
Man may rest in the eternal fitness; he may abide in the everlasting; and roam from the beginning to the end of… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent… — Zhuangzi Argument Copy Share Image
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses. — Zhuangzi Battering Copy Share Image
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor… — Zhuangzi Contentment Copy Share Image
The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
How do I know that loving life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death I am not… — Zhuangzi Death Copy Share Image
When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when… — Zhuangzi Archer Copy Share Image
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly… — Zhuangzi Butterfly Copy Share Image
The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
When you're dreaming, you don't know it's a dream. You might even interpret a dream in your dream - and then wake… — Zhuangzi Awakening Copy Share Image
The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will… — Zhuangzi Being wise Copy Share Image
There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. if they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by… — Zhuangzi Anxiety Copy Share Image
There is a saying that Heaven is internal, humanity external and Virtue comes from the Heavenly. Know Heaven and humanity's actions, root… — Zhuangzi Action Copy Share Image
He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists… — Zhuangzi Fish Copy Share Image
When there is no more separation between 'this' and 'that,' it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Who knows when the end is reached? Death may be the beginning of life. How do I know that love of life… — Zhuangzi Beginning of life Copy Share Image
The love of a Sage for his fellows likewise finds expression amongst mankind. Were he not told sop, he would not know… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and… — Zhuangzi Cold Copy Share Image
Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not… — Zhuangzi Birth Copy Share Image
