Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
ZHUANGZIHuman 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!
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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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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Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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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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You are still guided by your expectations.
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The 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.
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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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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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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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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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Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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