Zhuangzi on description
Zhuangzi149 quotes“The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.”
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
ZhuangziZhuangzi To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
ZhuangziZhuangzi 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.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The sound of water says what I think.
ZhuangziZhuangzi He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
ZhuangziZhuangzi He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
ZhuangziZhuangzi A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
ZhuangziZhuangzi I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
ZhuangziZhuangzi We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZhuangziZhuangzi Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
ZhuangziZhuangzi The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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Empirical description involves enslavement to the object by decreeing passivity on the part of the subject.
Gaston BachelardGaston Bachelard It is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.
Boris PasternakBoris Pasternak I’m incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn’t want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I’d never experienced it.
Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.
Czeslaw MiloszCzeslaw Milosz I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds – a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska This is an amazing thought: a God who is indescribable.
Louie GiglioLouie Giglio I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it’s all very upfront. I can’t hide it. I’m also loyal and I hope I’m fun.
Nicole KidmanNicole Kidman
