“A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.”

For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.

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.

To have a human form is a joyful thing.

The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.

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.

The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.

Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.

Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.

Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.

Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.

When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.

The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.

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.

Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.

If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.