Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point. — Zhuangzi Birth Copy Share Image
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse. — Zhuangzi Cherish Copy Share Image
“Quand on a compris ce que sont le commencement, la noblesse, l'intelligence, la transformation, l'infiini, la foi et la sérénité, alors on… — Zhuangzi Graduation Copy Share Image
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn… — Zhuangzi Autumn Copy Share Image
The Tao has no place for pettiness, and nor has Virtue. Pettiness is dangerous to Virtue; pettiness is dangerous to the Tao.… — Zhuangzi Dangerous Copy Share Image
Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the… — Zhuangzi Men Copy Share Image
There are no greater adversaries than yin and yang, because nothing in Heaven or on Earth escapes them. But it is not… — Zhuangzi Adversaries Copy Share Image
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter. — Zhuangzi Chatter Copy Share Image
Although things seem to be sometimes going up and sometimes descending, sometimes slipping away, nevertheless there is a reality, the same today… — Zhuangzi Asks Copy Share Image
The hundred parts of the body are all complete in their places. Which should one prefer? Do you like them all equally?… — Zhuangzi Body Copy Share Image
“I've heard my teacher say, where there are machines, there are bound to be machine worries; where there are machine worries, there… — Zhuangzi Computers Copy Share Image
If there is existence, there must be non-existence. And if there was a time when nothing existed, there must have been a… — Zhuangzi Categories Copy Share Image
Big? Sure. But, he can't catch mice! So for your big tree. No use? Then plant it in the wasteland - in… — Zhuangzi Bigs Copy Share Image
The Portal of God is nonexistence. All things sprang from nonexistence. Existence could not make existence existence. It must have proceeded from… — Zhuangzi Abiding 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 Mind Copy Share Image
If we look on heaven and earth as a single crucible, and on the creator as the founder, would there be any… — Zhuangzi Creator Copy Share Image
Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along… — Zhuangzi Accusing Copy Share Image
When I talk about having good hearing, I don't mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight,… — Zhuangzi Eyesight Copy Share Image
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. — Zhuangzi Attention 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 Adjustment 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 Doe Copy Share Image
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear — Zhuangzi Clear Copy Share Image
“You can't discuss the ocean with a well frog - he's limited by the space he lives in. You can't discuss ice… — Zhuangzi Frog Copy Share Image
To have attained to the human form is a source of joy... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless… — Zhuangzi Bliss Copy Share Image
If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not… — Zhuangzi Acceptance Copy Share Image
To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no… — Zhuangzi Exercise Copy Share Image
My most interesting memory is of my first real dream. I was a caterpillar, wriggling around in the earth, just the way… — Zhuangzi Caterpillar Copy Share Image
Beneath multiple specific and individual distinctions, beneath innumerable and incessant transformations, at the bottom of the circular evolution without beginning or end,… — Zhuangzi Biology Copy Share Image
Once Chuang Chou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased.… — Zhuangzi Butterfly Copy Share Image
True men" ... are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like… — Zhuangzi Arise Copy Share Image
In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he… — Zhuangzi Archery Copy Share Image
The fact is that those who do not see themselves but who see others, who fail to grasp of themselves but who… — Zhuangzi Enjoy Copy Share Image
Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage… — Zhuangzi Clear Copy Share Image
Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot… — Zhuangzi Education Copy Share Image
Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But… — Zhuangzi Categories Copy Share Image
The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is… — Zhuangzi Action Copy Share Image
The saying goes, 'The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.' This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries… — Zhuangzi Calmness 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 Ears Copy Share Image
There is no bandit so powerful as Nature. The interaction of the positive and the negative principles, which produces the visible universe.… — Zhuangzi Bandits Copy Share Image
Thus, those who say they would have right without its correlate, wrong; or good government without its correlate, misrule, do not apprehend… — Zhuangzi Creation Copy Share Image
