Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
ZHUANGZIRunning around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
ZHUANGZIThe torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
ZHUANGZIThe space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
ZHUANGZIGreat knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.
ZHUANGZITo exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
ZHUANGZIFlow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
ZHUANGZILook 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.
ZHUANGZIThere may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
ZHUANGZIAll the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
ZHUANGZIWe cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
ZHUANGZIWhere can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
ZHUANGZIRewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
ZHUANGZIListening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
ZHUANGZIThe eyes envy the mind.
ZHUANGZIVerily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
ZHUANGZIThe effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
ZHUANGZI