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> [Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/tao-is-the-source-of-both-fullness-and-emptiness-but-it-is-itself/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

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> [The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-tao-is-in-all-things-in-their-divisions-and-their-fullness-what-i/)

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> [The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-mind-remains-undetermined-in-the-great-void-here-the-highest/)

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## More by Zhuangzi

> [Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/sorrow-and-happiness-are-the-heresies-of-virtue-joy-and-anger-lead/)

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> [The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-enlightened-attention-rejects-nothing-nor-welcomes-anything-like/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [If a man is crossing the river and an empty boat collides with his skiff, even though he is a bad tempered man he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/if-a-man-is-crossing-the-river-and-an-empty-boat-collides-with-his/)

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> [Calculate what man knows and it cannot compare to what he doesn't know. Calculate the time he is alive and it cannot compare to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/calculate-what-man-knows-and-it-cannot-compare-to-what-he-doesn-t/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/heaven-cannot-but-be-high-earth-cannot-but-be-broad-the-sun-and-moon/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [If you wish to care for your body, first of all take care of material things, though even when you have all the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/if-you-wish-to-care-for-your-body-first-of-all-take-care-of-material/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/as-regards-the-quietude-of-the-sage-he-is-not-quiet-because-quietness/)

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> [All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/all-existing-things-are-really-one-we-regard-those-that-are-beautiful/)

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> [Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whether the happiness is really happiness or not. I study what ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/now-when-ordinary-people-attempt-to-find-happiness-i-am-not-sure/)

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> [Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/words-exist-because-of-meaning-once-you-ve-gotten-the-meaning-you-can/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/easy-is-right-begin-right-and-you-are-easy-continue-easy-and-you-are/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/hence-it-demands-the-emptiness-of-all-the-faculties-and-when-the/)

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> [Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/everything-has-what-is-innate-everything-has-what-is-necessary/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/where-can-i-find-a-man-who-has-forgotten-words-so-i-can-have-a-few/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

> [Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/standards-are-different-for-all-things-so-the-standard-set-by-man-is/)

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