--- title: "1 Unjustifiable Quotes By Wei Wu Wei" description: "1 Unjustifiable quotes by Wei Wu Wei. Plus more from Wei Wu Wei and more Unjustifiable sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/wei-wu-wei-15520_arrogant_the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-v_2169055.png" --- > [“The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-value-than-any-other-form-of/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/wei-wu-wei-15520_arrogant_the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-v_2169055.png) ## More by Wei Wu Wei > [The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/the-saint-is-a-man-who-disciplines-his-ego-the-sage-is-a-man-who-rids/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/disciples-and-devotees-what-are-most-of-them-doing-worshipping-the/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [Realisation is a matter of becoming conscious of that which is already realised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/realisation-is-a-matter-of-becoming-conscious-of-that-which-is/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [“It is only the artificial ego that suffers. The man who has transcended his false “me” no longer identifies himself with his suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/it-is-only-the-artificial-ego-that-suffers-the-man-who-has/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/we-ourselves-are-not-an-illusory-part-of-reality-rather-are-we/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/what-do-you-have-to-do-pack-your-bags-go-to-the-station-without-them/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [THIS which is seeking is THAT which is sought, and THAT which is sought is THIS which is seeking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/this-which-is-seeking-is-that-which-is-sought-and-that-which-is/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [As long as there is a 'you' doing or not-doing, thinking or not-thinking, 'meditating' or 'not-meditating' you are no closer to home than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/as-long-as-there-is-a-you-doing-or-not-doing-thinking-or-not-thinking/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/doctrines-scriptures-sutras-essays-are-not-to-be-regarded-as-systems/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [As long as one accepts 'time' tacitly as such he is dreaming a drea, not living a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/as-long-as-one-accepts-time-tacitly-as-such-he-is-dreaming-a-drea-not/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre? As long as you do that you can never recognise your freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/are-you-still-thinking-looking-living-as-from-an-imaginary-phenomenal/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/in-order-to-be-effective-truth-must-penetrate-like-an-arrow-and-that/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [It is less what one is that should matter, than what one is not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/it-is-less-what-one-is-that-should-matter-than-what-one-is-not/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [We imagine that waking-life is real and that dream-life is unreal, but there does not seem to be any evidence for this belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/we-imagine-that-waking-life-is-real-and-that-dream-life-is-unreal-but/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) > [The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/the-seeing-of-truth-cannot-be-dualistic-a-thing-seen-it-cannot-be/) [Wei Wu Wei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wei-wu-wei/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unjustifiable/wei-wu-wei/#itemlist", "name": "1 Unjustifiable Quotes By Wei Wu Wei", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wei Wu Wei" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wei-wu-wei/the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-value-than-any-other-form-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/wei-wu-wei-15520_arrogant_the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-v_2169055.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/wei-wu-wei-15520_arrogant_the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-v_2169055.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/wei-wu-wei-15520_arrogant_the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-v_2169055.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.” — Wei Wu Wei", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unjustifiable/wei-wu-wei/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unjustifiable/wei-wu-wei/", "name": "Unjustifiable Quotes by Wei Wu Wei", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unjustifiable/wei-wu-wei/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/wei-wu-wei-15520_arrogant_the-notion-that-human-life-has-greater-v_2169055.png" }, "description": "1 Unjustifiable quotes by Wei Wu Wei. 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