The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
ZHUANGZIWe are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
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The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers – because it lives with those who know how to speak.
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Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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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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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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The knowledge of the ancients reached the highest point-the time before anything existed. This is the highest point. It is exhaustive. There is no adding to it.
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