Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
ZHUANGZIThe wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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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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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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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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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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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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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?
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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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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Silence, and non action are the root of all things.
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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
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