Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
ZHUANGZIHe who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
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The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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