The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.
ZHUANGZIThe one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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The eyes envy the mind.
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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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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If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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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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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, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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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 reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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