Butterfly Quote 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…

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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.

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If a man is crossing the river and an empty boat collides with his skiff, even though he is a bad tempered man he…

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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…

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Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do…

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If you wish to care for your body, first of all take care of material things, though even when you have all the things…

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As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude…

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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and…

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Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whether the happiness is really happiness or not. I study what ordinary…

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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

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Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget…

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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