The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
ZHUANGZITo regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
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A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
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Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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