I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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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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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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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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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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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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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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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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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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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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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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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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