--- title: "17 Way Quotes By Zhuangzi" description: "17 Way quotes by Zhuangzi. Plus more from Zhuangzi and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/zhuangzi-1341_conditions_the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-ar_2850682.jpg" --- > [The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-are-to-fish-the-natural/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/zhuangzi-1341_conditions_the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-ar_2850682.jpg) > [The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-right-way-to-go-easy-is-to-forget-the-right-way/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/zhuangzi-1341_easy_the-right-way-to-go-easy-is-to-forget-th_2023197.jpg) > [If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/if-the-way-is-made-clear-it-is-not-the-way/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/zhuangzi-1341_clear_if-the-way-is-made-clear-it-is-not-the-w_822858.jpg) > [Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/zhuangzi-1341_easy_easy-is-right-begin-right-and-you-are-ea_135680.jpg) > [Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/good-fortune-is-as-light-as-a-feather-but-nobody-knows-how-to-pick-it/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/zhuangzi-1341_earth_good-fortune-is-as-light-as-a-feather-bu_648283.jpg) > [Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/never-admire-a-man-by-his-strength-judge-him-in-how-he-uses-it-a-way/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/zhuangzi-1341_admire_never-admire-a-man-by-his-strength-judge_2687668.jpg) > [How do I know that loving life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a-delusion-how-do-i-know-that/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/zhuangzi-1341_death_how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a_602102.jpg) > [My most interesting memory is of my first real dream. I was a caterpillar, wriggling around in the earth, just the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/my-most-interesting-memory-is-of-my-first-real-dream-i-was-a/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/zhuangzi-1341_caterpillar_my-most-interesting-memory-is-of-my-firs_585044.jpg) > [Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/let-your-mind-wander-in-simplicity-blend-your-spirit-with-the/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/zhuangzi-1341_mind_let-your-mind-wander-in-simplicity-blend_2821966.jpg) > [Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/make-your-will-one-don-t-listen-with-your-ears-listen-with-your-mind/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/zhuangzi-1341_all-things_make-your-will-one-don-t-listen-with-you_2510194.jpg) > [Who knows when the end is reached? Death may be the beginning of life. How do I know that love of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/who-knows-when-the-end-is-reached-death-may-be-the-beginning-of-life/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/zhuangzi-1341_beginning-of-life_who-knows-when-the-end-is-reached-death_1545467.jpg) > [Heaven does nothing: its non-doing is its serenity. Earth does nothing: its non-doing is its rest. From the union of these two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/heaven-does-nothing-its-non-doing-is-its-serenity-earth-does-nothing/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/zhuangzi-1341_action_heaven-does-nothing-its-non-doing-is-its_2556159.jpg) > [To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous; with this knowledge, if we still go after knowledge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/to-use-what-has-a-boundary-to-pursue-what-is-limitless-is-dangerous/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/zhuangzi-1341_boundaries_to-use-what-has-a-boundary-to-pursue-wha_2888049.jpg) > [How do I know that loving life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a-delusion-how-do-i-know-that-2/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/zhuangzi-1341_assuming_how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a_2664494.jpg) > [Tzu Li went to see Tzu Lai who was dying. Leaning against the door, he said, 'Great is the Creator! What will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/tzu-li-went-to-see-tzu-lai-who-was-dying-leaning-against-the-door-he/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/zhuangzi-1341_age_tzu-li-went-to-see-tzu-lai-who-was-dying_1236114.jpg) > [All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/all-that-is-limited-by-form-semblance-sound-color-is-called-object/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/zhuangzi-1341_color_all-that-is-limited-by-form-semblance-so_2997540.jpg) > [If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/if-you-want-to-nourish-a-bird-you-should-let-it-live-any-way-it/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/zhuangzi-1341_ability_if-you-want-to-nourish-a-bird-you-should_945829.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) > [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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) > [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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) > [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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) > [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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) > [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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) > [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/) [Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/zhuangzi/#itemlist", "name": "17 Way Quotes By Zhuangzi", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhuangzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-are-to-fish-the-natural/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/zhuangzi-1341_conditions_the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-ar_2850682.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/zhuangzi-1341_conditions_the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-ar_2850682.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/zhuangzi-1341_conditions_the-way-is-to-man-as-rivers-and-lakes-ar_2850682.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.” — Zhuangzi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhuangzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/the-right-way-to-go-easy-is-to-forget-the-right-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/zhuangzi-1341_easy_the-right-way-to-go-easy-is-to-forget-th_2023197.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/zhuangzi-1341_easy_the-right-way-to-go-easy-is-to-forget-th_2023197.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/zhuangzi-1341_easy_the-right-way-to-go-easy-is-to-forget-th_2023197.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.” — Zhuangzi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhuangzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/if-the-way-is-made-clear-it-is-not-the-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/zhuangzi-1341_clear_if-the-way-is-made-clear-it-is-not-the-w_822858.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/zhuangzi-1341_clear_if-the-way-is-made-clear-it-is-not-the-w_822858.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/zhuangzi-1341_clear_if-the-way-is-made-clear-it-is-not-the-w_822858.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.” — Zhuangzi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Easy is right. 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How do I know that the dead repent of having previously clung to life?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhuangzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/who-knows-when-the-end-is-reached-death-may-be-the-beginning-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/zhuangzi-1341_beginning-of-life_who-knows-when-the-end-is-reached-death_1545467.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/zhuangzi-1341_beginning-of-life_who-knows-when-the-end-is-reached-death_1545467.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/zhuangzi-1341_beginning-of-life_who-knows-when-the-end-is-reached-death_1545467.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Who knows when the end is reached? Death may be the beginning of life. 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Where is the man who can attain To this non-doing?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhuangzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/heaven-does-nothing-its-non-doing-is-its-serenity-earth-does-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/zhuangzi-1341_action_heaven-does-nothing-its-non-doing-is-its_2556159.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/zhuangzi-1341_action_heaven-does-nothing-its-non-doing-is-its_2556159.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/zhuangzi-1341_action_heaven-does-nothing-its-non-doing-is-its_2556159.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Heaven does nothing: its non-doing is its serenity. Earth does nothing: its non-doing is its rest. 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How do I know that in hating death I am not like a man who, having left home in his youth, has forgotten the way back?...someday there will be a great awakening when we know that this is all a great dream. Yet the stupid believe that they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this man ruler, and that man a herdsman- how dense!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhuangzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a-delusion-how-do-i-know-that-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/zhuangzi-1341_assuming_how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a_2664494.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/zhuangzi-1341_assuming_how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a_2664494.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/zhuangzi-1341_assuming_how-do-i-know-that-loving-life-is-not-a_2664494.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How do I know that loving life is not a delusion? 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