To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
ZHUANGZITrue depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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The creature born is the creature dying.
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You are still guided by your expectations.
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Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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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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The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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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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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.
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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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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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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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