Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
ZHUANGZIAll men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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To have a human form is a joyful thing.
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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.
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To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
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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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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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The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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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.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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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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I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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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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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.
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To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous.
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During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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