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Earth Quotes by Zhuangzi

13 Earth quotes by Zhuangzi

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Zhuangzi’s musings on Earth invite you to step outside ordinary concerns and see the world through a timeless, playful lens. Though the selection is modest, each line captures the paradoxes of nature and the fleeting nature of human thought, making it a gentle entry point for anyone curious about Taoist perspectives on our home.

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Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.

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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

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Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg.

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There are no greater adversaries than yin and yang, because nothing in Heaven or on Earth escapes them. But it is not…

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If we look on heaven and earth as a single crucible, and on the creator as the founder, would there be any…

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My most interesting memory is of my first real dream. I was a caterpillar, wriggling around in the earth, just the way…

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Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage…

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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth,…

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Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish.…

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'I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of…

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Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, find no place in that man's breast; for to him all creation is ONE. And all things being…

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Heaven does nothing: its non-doing is its serenity. Earth does nothing: its non-doing is its rest. From the union of these two…

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As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because…

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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget…

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Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a…

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Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.

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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?

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Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what…

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