Best Zhuangzi Quotations
- When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance. Ignorance
- My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own virtue, nothing more.… Benevolence
- Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not… Become Wise
- But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk,… Argument
- To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one's true nature. Realization of one's true nature is happiness. When one… Close
- All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao. All
- It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding. Formed
- Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. Cantankerous
- Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves. All
- Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is. Doe
- The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others. Firsts
- Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I… All
- To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the… Attaining
- We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how… All
- Big? Sure. But, he can't catch mice! So for your big tree. No use? Then plant it in the wasteland - in emptiness. Walk idly… Axe
- Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do so… All
- The love of a Sage for his fellows likewise finds expression amongst mankind. Were he not told sop, he would not know that he loved… Amongst
- Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him). He… Alone
- Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious… Anger
- Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, find no place in that man's breast; for to him all creation is ONE. And all things being thus united in… All
- Man may rest in the eternal fitness; he may abide in the everlasting; and roam from the beginning to the end of all creation. He… Abide
- If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different likes and dislikes.… Ability
- If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror… All
- The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by. Chaos
- A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation. Becomes
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