He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
ZHUANGZIRewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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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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The saying goes, ‘The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.’ This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot affect him, nothing unpleasant can disturb him, his Virtue is complete and his spirit is not stirred up.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
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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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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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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 of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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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 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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