Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses… — Zhuangzi 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
Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose,… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be… — 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
The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
If a man is crossing the river and an empty boat collides with his skiff, even though he is a bad tempered man he… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
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… — Zhuangzi 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. To do… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
If you wish to care for your body, first of all take care of material things, though even when you have all the things… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude… — 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 foul and… — 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 what ordinary… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
